With partially held ceasefire due to expire on Thursday, UN says neither side ready to seriously negotiate
The United Nations special envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, told the UN security council on Tuesday that the ceasefire seemed “to be holding in some parts so far”. But he said neither party was ready to “seriously negotiate, suggesting that both think that securing a military victory over the other is possible”.taking perilous journeys across the vast country
On Wednesday, the director of the World Health Organization painted a bleak picture of the conflict’s “terrible toll” on Sudan’s already stretched healthcare system. On top of deaths and injuries caused directly by the conflict, Tedros said, the WHO expected there would be “many more” due to outbreaks of disease, lack of access to food and water, and disruptions to essential health services, including immunisation.
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