SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - SPLM-N cautions un agencies against Sudan’s unilateral aid delivery plans

8/6/2024: Sudan Tribune - SPLM-N cautions un agencies against Sudan’s unilateral aid delivery plans

Sudan Tribune report that the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu urged United Nations agencies to refrain from cooperating with Sudan’s plans to deliver aid without a comprehensive agreement with all warring factions.

Negotiations between the Sudanese government and the SPLM-N regarding aid delivery to South and West Kordofan and Blue Nile have reached an impasse. The SPLM-N insists on a nationwide aid distribution plan, while the army claims that the talks have stalled due to the SPLM-N’s insistence on involving the Rapid Support Forces in humanitarian arrangements.

With the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announcing that it dropped 20 tons of essential medicines and medical supplies in Al-Fasher, Gatiga Amouja Dalman, head of the media committee of the SPLM-N Liberation Council said “the army’s claims of dropping medicine are a ruse by the Port Sudan government to seize humanitarian aid and divert it for military use.”