Worried U.N. Delays Sudan Relief Drive
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has postponed a hunger relief drive for more than 7 million people in Sudan, fearing anti-U.N. riots in that Iraqi-allied East African nation, officials said Thursday.
Officials speaking on condition of anonymity said a senior U.N. official who was expected to travel to Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, has delayed his trip for safety reasons. The U.S.-allied force that attacked Iraq on Thursday was acting under a U.N. resolution authorizing use of force.
Sudan’s government, led by Lt. Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, has been an outspoken ally of Iraq.
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