UN agencies issued a joint warning on Friday that time is running out to prevent starvation in Sudan 's Darfur region due to intensifying clashes around the northern capital of El Fasher, which are hindering efforts to deliver life-saving aid.
The latest escalation of violence around El Fasher has halted aid convoys from Chad's Tine border crossing, while authorities in Port Sudan are preventing aid transport via Adre, the only other viable cross-border corridor from Sudan's western neighbour."Our calls for humanitarian access to conflict hotspots in Sudan have never been more critical:
There are concerns that the siege of El Fasher by armed groups and restrictions on movement on key roads out of the city are preventing families from leaving.
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