SABCnews.com - africa/east_africa: "Britain's top military commander has said the country could muster 5 000 troops to send to Sudan if necessary to help tackle what the UN has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
'If need be, we will be able to go to Sudan. I suspect we could put a brigade together very quickly indeed,' Mike Jackson, chief of general staff, said."...
Britain has said it holds the Sudanese government responsible for ending the humanitarian catastrophe, and accused the United Nations of being too slow to respond.
Britain is the largest cash donor to Sudan. Earlier this month it pledged a further $276 million over the next three years once a peace deal is signed between its warring factions.
Aid agency Oxfam is sending 30 tonnes of water and sanitation equipment to Sudan on a flight expected to leave tomorrow. - Reuters...
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