President Threatens to Bar Relief Planes
From Times Wire Reports
Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir has threatened to bar foreign relief planes from delivering humanitarian aid to the country’s war-torn south, saying the relief effort involving U.N. and volunteer agencies is helping rebels battling government troops. A spokeswoman for the U.N. World Food Program said that the group had not been officially notified of the announcement and that flights were operating as normal.
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