UN suspends aid operations in South Darfur after killings

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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian operations in Sudan's troubled South Darfur area following an attack that killed two aid workers, the agency said yesterday.

The Sudanese employees of Save the Children, medical assistant Abhakar el Tayeb and mechanic Yacoub Abdelnabi Ahmed, were killed Sunday when their convoy came under fire in South Darfur, said the UN statement. It did not say who fired on the convoy.

Two main rebel groups are fighting government troops in Darfur in a bid for more power and resources. The UN describes the conflict as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and international aid agencies have been struggling to feed and shelter almost 2 million people in need of aid.

Radhia Achouri, spokeswoman for the United Nations in Sudan, said the convoy was clearly marked as humanitarian.

UN suspends aid operations in South Darfur after killings....