Khartoum — United Nations humanitarian agencies have been able to access conflict-affected communities in five areas controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) El Hilu in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states of Sudan, for the first time in a decade, according to a joint statement today by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF, and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
A series of humanitarian missions to the five isolated enclaves has concluded, just as renewed peace talks between the government of Sudan and SPLM-N are ongoing in Juba, South Sudan, the statement says. These five areas have largely been cut-off from support over the last decade and the missions' findings indicate people are in dire need of improved food security, education, health, and water and sanitation services.
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