UN decries 'egregious' breaches of Sudan humanitarian pledge

By Agence France-Presse

May 19, 2023 11:24 am

GENEVA: The UN aid chief decried Thursday multiple serious breaches of an agreement by Sudan's warring parties last week to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure and to let in badly needed aid.

Martin Griffiths, heading the United Nation's aid efforts, welcomed the May 12 declaration signed in the Saudi city of Jeddah by the two sides in Sudan's bloody conflict vowing to refrain from attacking humanitarians delivering desperately-needed aid.

A vendor waits for costumers at a market in Madani on May 16, 2023 as violence between two rival Sudanese generals continues. Khartoum was again rocked by battles more than a month into a brutal war that has made more than half of the already impoverished country in need of aid, according to the United Nations. Photo by AFP

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