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oberliner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-30-11 12:26 AM
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Gaza-bound land convoy reaches Sudan
A humanitarian land convoy heading to Gaza from South Africa reached Port Sudan, Sudan on the Red Sea Wednesday and is destined to become the first relief mission to Gaza from Africa.

"I was inspired last year by the convoys that went to Gaza from Europe, so we asked ourselves; why not from Africa?" said Sheikh Walid al-Saadi of the South African Relief Agency (SARA).

After eight months of preparation, the land convoy which consists of ten trucks, explained al-Saadi, departed Durban, South Africa on June 26 and has passed through seven countries thus far including Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan.

It is to unload its shipment of humanitarian aid in Port Sudan on ships that will head to Suez, Egypt where members of the convoy will receive their trucks after flying to Egypt from Sudan.

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-28/world/sudan.gaza.convoy_1_mavi-marmara-turkish-activists-hamas?_s=PM:WORLD
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