And on it goes:
Sudan has prevented the United Nations’ top humanitarian official from visiting the troubled Darfur region.
Jan Egeland told the BBC he thought the government did not want him to see the latest wave of “ethnic cleansing” against black Africans in South Darfur.
He said thousands of people had fled after 60 villages were attacked by pro-government Janjaweed militias.
More than two million people have sought refuge in huge camps following three years of such attacks.
The Sudanese government is trying to stop the UN from taking over the peacekeeping mission in Darfur from the under-funded African Union.
The United Nations Mission in Sudan has lodged a formal protest against the government’s refusal to allow Mr Egeland’s flight to land.
Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman Jamal Ibrahim said the government had asked Mr Egeland to delay his visit because it coincided with a holiday to mark the birthday of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
He said that in the light of the Danish cartoons row, it would not be sensitive or safe for a Norwegian such as Mr Egeland to visit.
Amazing, the contexts where those cartoons get invoked.
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