Khartoum agrees to UN relief

Sudan Infonet
from: Sudan Monthly Report, July 15, 2000

July 3: Khartoum has agreed to let the UN fly relief to areas controlled by the SPLA in the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan, a senior relief official said. Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Sulaf al-Din Salih said the government had agreed for the assistance, which includes farming tools, seeds and medicines, to be flown to the region from El-Obeid airport in central Sudan's Kordofan province.