Local leaders in Fanga Suk help carrying some of the aid items from the UNAMID helicopter. Photo by Olivier Chassot

The team held talks with local community leaders from Fanga Suk and other nearby Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) hosting communities about their most pressing needs and the provision of basic services. Further, the humanitarian team administered vaccinations to more than 100 children under the age of five.

The mission comes following a visit by Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari last week to East Jebel Marra, the first in months to the region. Gambari has since held talks with Government officials and leaders of armed movements in a bid to help establish a humanitarian security corridor on the ground.

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