News Article by DPA posted on November 09,
2003 at 18:00:43: EST (-5 GMT)
Sudan prohibits U.S. officials from travelling
to Dafur
KHARTOUM, Nov. 09, 2003 (dpa) -- The
American Embassy in Sudan published a statement Sunday expressing
regret that the U.S. Charge d'Affairs in Sudan, Gerard Galluci, and
other representatives of the Embassy and USAID were prohibited from
travelling to Nyala town in the South Darfur region of western Sudan.
The statement said that Humanitarian Aid
Commission (HAC), a government establishment regulating the work of
local and international relief organizations cancelled the trip
despite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs granting permission to
travel.
The embassy and USAID officials were travelling to
Dafur, a region of extreme unrest, to monitor on-going aid
programmes.
The statement demanded that the Sudanese
government remove barriers to free movement and permit free travel
throughout the country.
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