http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4133239.stm
UN suspends food aid for Darfur
Man guards humanitarian aid at Kalma camp in Darfur, Sudan
The deteriorating security situation is hampering aid efforts
United Nations food convoys to Sudan's western Darfur region have been
suspended because of fighting.
The World Food Programme stopped its deliveries on Monday when rebels
attacked police stations in the neighbouring state of West Kordofan.
Road closures prevented 70 trucks carrying rations for some 260,000
people reaching Darfur.
Despite an April ceasefire, clashes between rebels, pro-government
militias and the army continue.
The UN has called Darfur one of the world's worst humanitarian crises,
with some two million refugees relying on aid handouts since the
conflict began nearly two years ago.
Truck theft
Security on the ground continues to deteriorate and the African Union
troops sent to Darfur to protect the ceasefire monitors are having
little impact on the fighting.
"We're talking about a major humanitarian delivery that was stopped,"
the UN's Radhia Achouri in the capital Khartoum told the BBC's Focus
on Africa programme.
Map of Sudan showing Darfur and West Kordofan
The problems of Darfur cannot be solved through military means
The UN's Jan Pronk
Darfur observer frustration
"We have decided to not proceed until further notice, until the
security situation is reassessed," she said.
Both Darfur rebel groups - the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice
and Equality Movement - have denied responsibility for the attacks in
Ghubaysh, she said.
The situation was confusing, she added, as reports suggest a new rebel
movement is claiming responsibility for the attack on the main road to
the towns of Nyala in south Darfur and El-Fashir in the north.
In another development, the UN is also concerned about the theft by
rebels of 13 trucks carrying food aid over the past two weeks.
Ms Achouri said there were worrying reports that rebels were using the
WFP lorries to launch their attacks.
Jan Pronk - the UN's special representative to Sudan - called for the
immediate return of the trucks.
"The problems of Darfur cannot be solved through military means," Mr
Pronk said in a statement.
Faltering peace talks between the government and rebels have been
adjourned until January.
Last week UK charity Save the Children announced it was pulling out of
Darfur after some its staff were killed in attacks.
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