NOT seen this before, a news report from China using 'urgent' in a headline. Their reporting is good, accurate, measured, factual without sensationalism.
Speaking of IGAD, wonder what became of EASF (Eastern Africa Standby Force) and why it or any other force is not being deployed to provide humanitarian corridors in Sudan, Chad and South Sudan for aid workers to reach people in urgent need of food, water, shelter, medical supplies.
Report from Xinhua
Dated Saturday, 20 January 2024 - here is a copy in full:
Urgent: Sudan suspends membership in eastern African block
KHARTOUM, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sudan's Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday the country has frozen its membership in the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, an eastern African bloc. Enditem
View original: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2024-01/20/content_116954268.htm
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