UN appeals for Security Council help to combat famine in Sudan


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  • Wednesday, 07 Aug 2024

FILE PHOTO: A displaced Sudanese child pours water at Zamzam camp, in North Darfur, Sudan, August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Jamal Jebrel/File Photo

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Senior United Nations officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for help in getting humanitarian aid access in Sudan "across borders, across battle lines, by air, by land" to fight famine that has taken hold in at least one site in North Darfur.

The United States last month suggested that the 15-member body consider authorizing aid access through border crossings like Adre from Chad. But Sudan's army-aligned government and council veto-power Russia said on Tuesday that there was no need for Security Council action.

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