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Article: U.N. Relief in Sudan Hits Logistical Snags;Goals Unmet as Famine Fears Mount
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- The Washington Post
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- May 29, 1989
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For the better part of a month, despite the best efforts of
relief workers, a fully loaded U.N. food train bound for war-torn,
famine-threatened southern Sudan remained stuck in the north. There
was always a reason.
First, Sudan's railworkers were on strike for back pay. Then
they wanted written guarantees that the train wouldn't be attacked by
rebel soldiers. Then the train couldn't budge because of Ramadan,
the Moslem month of prayer and fasting.
After that, there was the celebration to end Ramadan. Two weeks
ago, the train was ready to roll when the Sudanese government decided
the previously agreed distribution of the cargo-half the grain for
government towns, half for the rebel-held ...