Sudan rivals unwilling to end fight - UN aid chief

According to the head of UN relief efforts, it will be challenging to put a stop to the conflict in Sudan since the opposing sides want to "keep it going."

After visiting Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, Martin Griffiths spoke to the BBC.

The speed at which the problem was "going viral," according to him, was "really, really, deeply concerning."

"And the way in which all these efforts to get national ceasefires have all stumbled, presumably, over the sort of rigid existential fact that those at war are keen to keep going," he added.

He said that in order to negotiate the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid, he had requested a face-to-face meeting with the opposing generals vying for authority.

He claimed that although the two opposing sides boasted of their commitment to humanitarian values, there didn't appear to be any desire to put a stop to the conflict.

A fresh seven-day ceasefire is set to begin, but earlier agreements have failed.