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Sudan allows freer aid access to entire country

KHARTOUM, April 26 (Reuters) - Sudan on Tuesday announced new procedures to simplify aid access to the country to facilitate a huge expected humanitarian operation following a peace deal ending more than two decades of war in the south.

Sudan signed a peace deal with the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in January which will usher in a new unity government, and share power and wealth in Africa's largest country. Donors pledged $4.5 billion earlier this month to assist the reconstruction of the war-torn country.

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