Dispute over meeting thwarts polio vaccinations in Sudan - UN

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Dispute over meeting thwarts polio vaccinations in Sudan - UN

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Monday it had failed to vaccinate 165,000 children against polio in two Sudanese states after the government and rebels - who had both agreed to the immunization campaign - disagreed over whether another meeting was needed. Sudan's government has been battling rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North in the border states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile. The violence intensified after the July 2011 secession of South Sudan, and Khartoum accuses South Sudan of backing the rebels, a charge that Juba denies.

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