ALPS group urges Sudan’s warring parties to open all famine-stricken areas to relief operations

Sudanese, displaced from the town of Sinjah, receive humanitarian aid at their makeshift camp in the eastern city of Gedaref on August 22, 2024. (AFP)
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RIYADH: A coalition of nations working for a resolution of Sudan's civil war urged the warring parties on Saturday to expand access by humanitarian relief groups to famine-stricken areas.

In a joint statement, the coalition known as the ALPS Group said that while humanitarian operations "are now moving across conflict lines from Port of Sudan through Shendi to Khartoum," wider access must be ensured for relief efforts "to reach the heartland of the crisis and contain the famine."

"(T)his expansion of humanitarian access, while a positive sign, remains insufficient to meet both the needs of the people and to ensure the efficient delivery of the hundreds of thousands of tons of additional humanitarian assistance being mobilized for the people of Sudan," the statement said.

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