WORLD / AFRICA
By Xinhua Published: Mar 10, 2021 09:11 AM
People buy charcoal amid a cooking gas shortage in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, Feb. 5, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)
Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2021 shows a fisherman fishing on the bank of the White Nile in Khartoum, Sudan.(Photo: Xinhua)
The head of the United Nations mission in Sudan on Tuesday warned against ignoring economic hardships that are posing a risk to stability in the Northeast African country.
"We cannot ignore, though, that economic hardships are posing a risk to Sudan's stability," head of United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes, said in his first briefing to the Security Council's videoconference briefing on the mission.