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The army's rivals in the country's devastating 16-month-old war
control most of Darfur and the Adre crossing, the quickest way
into the region. The army had ordered aid agencies to stop use
of the corridor in February, saying it was used to transport
arms, but last week rescinded that order temporarily for three
months.
After 15 trucks had moved through the crossing, out of a total
of 131 at the border, the Sudanese government "instructed no
more movements until procedures received yesterday are agreed,"
Justin Brady, head for the UN's Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan, said on X late on Wednesday.
In a statement on Wednesday, the World Food Program said that
sorghum, pulses, oil and rice enough for 13,000 people had
crossed on Tuesday evening, heading for Kreinik, West Darfur,
one of 14 spots across the country experts say is at risk of
famine.
But, the agency said, it had food for 500,000 ready to move.
More than six million people face food insecurity across Darfur,
and more than 25 million, or about half the population, across
the country.
It was unclear if the food had reached Kreinik by Thursday. The
RSF, which has looted aid trucks and warehouses on numerous
occasions according to aid agencies, welcomed the deliveries in
a statement late on Wednesday.
A document by the army-aligned Humanitarian Aid Commission
showed that the procedures set by the government included the
presence of Sudanese authorities and soldiers at Chadian
warehouses and the border for inspections.
(Reporting by Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Alex Richardson,
William Maclean)
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