Libya to open Darfur aid corridor

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Libya to open Darfur aid corridor

Libya has agreed to open a new aid corridor across the Sahara Desert to speed up the delivery of supplies to refugees from Sudan's Darfur region.

Under the agreement with the World Food Programme (WFP), the first convoy will make the 3,000km-journey next month.

The first shipment of wheat flour is expected to arrive in the Libyan port of Benghazi in early August.

It will then be taken to Chad, across the border from Darfur, where refugees live in desperate conditions.

"This Libyan initiative aims to aid Africans and establish peace and security in Africa," Libya's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammed Sabala said, the AFP news agency reported.

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