UN sends envoy to Sudan on crisis fears

By Agence France-Presse

May 02, 2023 12:08 am

KHARTOUM: The United Nations' top humanitarian official is heading to Sudan due to the 'rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis' in the conflict-racked country, the world organization's chief said on Sunday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' announcement came shortly after warring Sudanese forces announced the extension of a truce they have largely violated, as warplanes roared overhead and fighting continued in the capital Khartoum.

SAD FOR SUDAN United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media prior to meetings with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 27, 2023. AFP FILE PHOTO

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