KHARTOUM REFUSES TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID IN SOUTHERN KORFAN AND BLUE NILE
Saturday, 21 January 2012 17:53 The Khartoum government has refused humanitarian aid to the needy people in SPLM-North controlled areas in both Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states. SPLM-North spokesperson, Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, said the rebels have formed the South Kordofan Relief Rehabilitation Commission to take care of the humanitarian crisis in the region He added that another forum is due to be created to undertake the humanitarian issues for both Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains as an advocacy group to liaise with the UN and international NGOs to put pressure on Khartoum to allow help to the marginalized peoples Mr. Lodi said that he National Congress Party’s government is using food as a weapon and that it is part of its strategy for ethnic cleansing and mass destruction. The US administration announced that it is making plans to send relief assistance to some 500,000 starving people in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile with or without the consent of Khartoum. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
