Three employees of the World Food Programme were killed in the North Darfur region of eastern Sudan.
Vitorino said staff safety was his top priority and he would work with other UN agencies to update their security response.
The clashes are between forces loyal to Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the commander of the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces who is commonly known as Hemeti.
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