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Sudan has agreed to bring humanitarian aid across the border with Chad, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
“In line with the responsibility of the Government of Sudan towards its citizens across the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the United Nations today of the Government’s approval to use the Tine crossing from Chad to El Fasher for the entry of designated humanitarian assistance,” the statement said.
The statement added: “The routes of Port Sudan, Atbara, Mellit and El Fasher will be used, in addition to a route from Egypt via the Red Sea route Port Sudan, as well as the Wadi Halfa-Dongola crossing, and a route from the Republic of South Sudan by river transport and the land route from Renk to Kosti.
For her part, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkwita Salami, welcomed Sudan’s agreement to bring relief through the new crossings, saying that it “constitutes an important development that greatly facilitates the efforts of the United Nations and its partners to reach people in need of life-saving assistance.”
“We will continue to advocate for more viable access for humanitarian assistance to all vulnerable communities in Sudan.”
The move follows widespread international criticism of the Sudanese government’s decision to block the entry of relief through Chad on the pretext that it is being used to transfer weapons to the RSF.
25 million Sudanese are in need of humanitarian assistance, of whom nearly 18 million are severely food insecure, due to the devastating war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Today I was informed that the Sudanese Government would facilitate humanitarian access from Chad through the Tina border crossing.
We are now liaising with relevant authorities and parties so that we can get our humanitarian convoys back on the road.
There is no time to lose. pic.twitter.com/8FiMgG865B
— Clementine Nkweta-Salami (@CNkwetaSalami) March 5, 2024