Sudan: UN Receives Assurances On Continued Access to Displaced in South Darfur

18 February 2009

The Deputy Governor of South Darfur, the scene of recent violent clashes between Government forces and a rebel militia, assured a senior United Nations official today that the world body will receive continued access to around 100,000 people caught up in the latest outburst of hostilities on Sudan's western flank.

The fighting which broke out last month around Muhajeria and Shearia in South Darfur between Government troops and other armed groups against the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) exposed tens of thousands of civilians to violence.

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