Sudan opens new humanitarian corridor to deliver aid to South Sudan
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Six thousand internally displaced people at Kuda 54 kilometers west of
Juba town are appealing for urgent humanitarian assistance. Sept 23,
2016 (UNMISS Photo)
March 26, 2017 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese government on Sunday said it
would open a new humanitarian corridor to deliver food assistance to
the needy population in South Sudan.
Famine was recently declared in Mayendit, a village in South Sudan’s
Unity state, the latest crisis in the country’s three-year civil war.
About 100 000 people are said to be at risk, and aid groups are
pleading for access. At least 5 million people or more than 40% of the
nation’s population need urgent assistance, aid agencies say.
In July 2014, Juba and Khartoum signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to open a humanitarian corridor to deliver food assistance to
vulnerable South Sudanese through the River Nile or by road. Last
January, the agreement was extended for a six month period.
In a press release extended to Sudan Tribune, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry
Under-Secretary Abdel-Ghani al-Nai’m said Khartoum agreed to open a
new corridor to deliver food and humanitarian assistance to South
Sudan.
According to the press release, al-Nai’m Sunday has discussed with the
U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Khartoum Steven Koutsis humanitarian
situation developments in South Sudan besides ways to coordinate and
cooperate efforts between the two sides to cope with its consequences.
Al-Nai’m stressed Sudan’s principled position which was declared by
president Omer al-Bashir regarding the humanitarian situation in South
Sudan, pointing to coordination with the various states and
international organisations to deliver assistance via the Sudanese
border.
Last Week, two U.S. ships carrying 47,000 tonnes of sorghum the war
victims in Sudan and South Sudan had docked at Port Sudan. 20,000
tonnes of the shipments will be transported to South Sudan through
Sudan territory.
The Sudanese diplomat said his government is in constant contacts with
a number of donor countries, saying the latter’s expressed desire to
provide humanitarian and food assistance to South Sudan via Sudan.
“Sudan will spare no effort to assist its brothers in Southern Sudan
until peace and stability are achieved there,” he said
According to the press release, the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires has praised
the efforts of the Sudanese government, pointing to the need to
promote coordination and contacts between the two countries in the
face of those humanitarian situations.
UN WELCOMES SUDAN’S DECISION
Meanwhile, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in
Sudan, Marta Ruedas, Sunday has welcomed Sudan’s decision to open the
new humanitarian corridor to deliver assistance to South Sudan.
“By opening this cross-border corridor, the Government of Sudan is
showing its commitment to the people of South Sudan and further
strengthening cooperation with the international community to pull
South Sudan back from a widening famine that could affect another 1
million people,” said Ruedas in a statement Sunday.
“This decision also comes at a critical time just before South Sudan’s
rainy season, which starts in May and usually renders these roads
impassable” she added.
According to the statement, food aid will be delivered by the “UN
World Food Programme (WFP) from El Obeid in central Sudan to Bentiu, a
town in Unity State, South Sudan, where 100,000 people are enduring
famine amid a deepening humanitarian crisis across the country”.
It pointed out “the humanitarian corridor will not only allow for the
timely delivery of the food aid but will also help reduce reliance on
air operations, which cost six to seven times as much as moving food
by river and road”.
At least 7,5 million people across South Sudan – almost two-thirds of
the population – need humanitarian assistance. Sudan is also currently
hosting over 350,000 South Sudanese refugees, who have arrived since
the conflict erupted in December 2013.
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27 March 04:11, by Kush Natives
Sometimes, most of us get confused, when Sudan talked of aiding
South Sudan people with foods, while Sudanese have 1/2 millions people
from Darfur, Nuba mountain, south blue Nile and far east are in dare
needs of foods. I thought that Sudan should feel shamed saying such
thing in the media. But an Arabs lies become reality now more then it
used to be. Take that aid to your war affected areas!
repondre message
27 March 07:23, by Son of Upper Nile
Kush. May God bless Sudan for showing mercy to our dying
people. Bashir turn to have more mercy & passionate heart to our
civilians than both Kiir & Riek & their cohorts. Bashir fought SPLA
vigoursly but his soldiers rarely target civilans, unlike savage
Mathiang anyoor & White Army
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