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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has partially resumed operations in North Darfur after more than a month’s suspension following a series of attacks and looting of all three of its warehouses in El Fasher late December 2021.
The military junta in Sudan has come under strong criticism from western capitals over alleged human rights violations meted out on political figures who took part in anti-coup activism in the protest-prone country in recent weeks.
On Thursday, February 3, 2022, the military authorities in Sudan once again cracked down on demonstrators demanding the restoration of democracy.
Food and equipment storage sites in El Fasher, in the Sudanese region of Darfur, have been attacked and looted by armed groups active in the area.
More than 2.7 million people are already caught up in a food insecurity crisis in Sudan, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).
Sudan’s ousted prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has been reinstated in a power-sharing deal with military coup leader Abdel Fattah al Burhan, APA can report on Monday.
General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Tuesday denied a military coup and vowed to achieve democratic transition in Sudan and preserve the December Revolution.
The European Union (EU) is threatening to suspend financial aid to Sudan if the military does not back down from its coup.
A second day of protest has rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum as demonstrators voice their anger against the military coup which swept aside the transition government.
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has refused to cooperate with the leaders of a military insurrection and is being detained with at least four of his civilian ministers, APA learnt on Monday.