KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 7 (UPI) -- The head of U.N. humanitarian aid, Jan Egeland, was in Sudan to assess the situation after three years of conflict, genocide and a just-approved peace deal.
More than 200,000 people are believed killed and more than 2 million homeless after violent disputes between a government-backed militia and rebel groups.
Sudan's government inked a cease-fire with the largest of the rebel groups Friday, while two other rebel groups rejected the deal.
Egeland was scheduled to head to Darfur, the region affected most by the strife, and then head to the capital Khartoum to meet with top officials, the BBC reports.
Egeland said aid to Sudan can't get to people who need it most and urged the government to allow a United Nations peacekeeping force to replace the African Union team, something Khartoum has rejected without a peace agreement with rebels.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Khartoum to issue visas to aid workers.
