UN, Apr 18 The office of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan's Darfur has been looted in clashes, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths tweeted.
«Attacks on aid workers and facilities continue in Sudan… And yesterday our OCHA office in Sudan in South Darfur was ransacked. This is unacceptable and must stop,» Griffiths wrote.
According to him, the UN receives reports of attacks and sexual violence against humanitarian workers.
In Sudan, since April 15, fighting has been going on between the RRF and the regular army, which, according to the UN, claimed the lives of 185 people, wounded 1.8 thousand. On Tuesday morning, the RRF announced the approval of a truce for 24 hours, the country's armed forces replied that they were not aware of any agreement with the mediators on this issue. Later, a member of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, Shams al-Din al-Qabbashi, said that the army agreed to a truce for a period of 24 hours, starting from 18.00 Tuesday local time (19.00 Moscow time). He stressed that the Sudanese Armed Forces will respect the truce and monitor how it is adhered to by the RRF. A Sudanese military source said the truce is being introduced for humanitarian reasons, provided that it is respected by the RRF.