Fed government seeks United Nations aid

Sudan Government has called on the UNHCR to assist in confronting the challenge of growing number of refugees who continue to pour into eastern Sudan from Eritrea and Somalia, local dailies report. Reportedly, refugees’ camps in eastern Sudan have encountered an acute shortage of food and deterioration of health situation due to the failure of donors to honour their pledges.

UNMIS Media Monitoring Report. January 17, 2010.