...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
aid convoy has reached the cut-off Al Malha area in Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...'s North Darfur state, a regional official said on Saturday, bringing desperately needed food through the only army-controlled border crossing from Chad.
''Eighteen trucks carrying 440 metric tons of aid— have arrived in Al Malha after a long period of suffering,'' Abdel-Baqi Mohammed Hamed, the Darfur region's humanitarian affairs coordinator, said in a statement.
He confirmed that the aid was provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) and entered via the Tine crossing, the sole corridor into the vast, war-torn Darfur region, which is controlled by the Sudanese army and its allies.