Skip to main content

Sudan to allow aid agencies to use Adre border crossing for three more months

1 min Mena Today

Sudan's government said on Monday it would allow aid agencies to use the Adre border crossing for a further three months as of February 16.

The government had last year restricted use of the crossing, which is crucial to reach famine-stricken parts of the Darfur region © Mena Today 

The government had last year restricted use of the crossing, which is crucial to reach famine-stricken parts of the Darfur region © Mena Today 

Sudan's government said on Monday it would allow aid agencies to use the Adre border crossing for a further three months as of February 16.

The government had last year restricted use of the crossing, which is crucial to reach famine-stricken parts of the Darfur region, saying that the rival Rapid Support Forces used it to transport weapons, which it denied.

Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz

Related

Egypt

Egypt turns South: Sisi courts African business at El-Alamein

Eighty-five percent of African private-sector transactions are conducted with companies outside the continent. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi used that figure on Saturday to open the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum, a three-day business summit in the Mediterranean city of El-Alamein.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Mena banner 4

To make this website run properly and to improve your experience, we use cookies. For more detailed information, please check our Cookie Policy.

  • Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.