Rebel leader dismisses Sudan aid deal as "gimmick"
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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – A Sudanese rebel leader said on Tuesday that, despite agreeing to do so, Sudan was not serious about providing humanitarian aid in insurgent-controlled areas in two border states and was putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk.
Fighting in Sudan‘s South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, which border newly independent South Sudan, has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes since last year, the United Nations and aid groups say.
Relief agencies have said fighting has reduced harvests in the regions and their people could face serious food shortages as stocks dwindle.
Sudan, under pressure from the international community, said last month it had accepted a plan drawn up by the United Nations, the African Union and the Arab League to secure delivery of aid to both areas, a proposal it had earlier rejected.
Yasir Arman, Secretary-General of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), dismissed the move as insincere.
“It is just a gimmick, it
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