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| The UN's new emergency relief coordinator John Holmes has been turned away from a camp in Darfur for those fleeing the Sudanese conflict. | |
| The UN envoy was refused entry by Sudanese soldiers to Kassab camp in northern Darfur, says the BBC's Karen Allen, who is travelling with him | The UN envoy was refused entry by Sudanese soldiers to Kassab camp in northern Darfur, says the BBC's Karen Allen, who is travelling with him |
| In the past six months the BBC has reported on mass rapes of women and young girls at the camp. | In the past six months the BBC has reported on mass rapes of women and young girls at the camp. |
| Mr Holmes is on a tour of Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic. | Mr Holmes is on a tour of Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic. |
| It was the former British diplomat's first visit to Darfur since taking over from Jan Egeland as UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs on 1 March. | |
| According to the Associated Press, the UN envoy was told he did not have the proper papers to visit the site. | |
| Mr Holmes told journalists travelling with him that the soldiers' action illustrated the difficulties the UN is facing working in the area. | |
| The Kassab camp, a few miles outside Kutum, is sanctuary to more than 20,000 people. | |
| Mr Holmes has already had talks with senior Sudanese officials in Khartoum and stressed the need for the government not to interfere with the humanitarian work, according to reports. | |
| Aid agencies are trying to help some two-and-a-half million people who have fled from their homes after attacks from pro-government militia - the Janjaweed. | |
| After leaving Sudan, the UN envoy will travel to Chad and the Central African Republic, countries where tens of thousands of refugees from Darfur have fled, to escape the violence. |