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| Food, Water Reach War-Displaced in Sudan's Darfur |
| 2013-04-25 |
| [An Nahar] Food, water and medical aid has reached thousands of people displaced by fighting in southern Darfur in Sudan, peacekeepers said on Wednesday, after the U.N. chief expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... over restrictions on access. Almost 80 tonnes of "critical humanitarian aid" will assist needy civilians in Labado and Muhagiriya, said the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... -U.N. peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) which delivered the supplies from United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... agencies. "The first phase of the operation, conducted on April 23, consisted primarily of delivering food rations, bottled water and medical supplies," UNAMID said, adding that a second phase is planned. An estimated 20,000 displaced people have gathered around UNAMID bases in Labado and Muhagiriya since rebels seized control of the area on April 6 and UNAMID reported "possible" air strikes. The Sudanese army said it liberated the area on April 17 but two days later a peacekeeper died in an attack on UNAMID's base near Muhagiriya. |
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