"Today, there's still insecurity, " Murthy said, adding that aid workers have limited access to many areas and a planned humanitarian corridor has yet to open.

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"I am pleased that the Israelis were able to open a humanitarian corridor and provide a pause for humanitarian action, but that needs to be repeated again and again because the people of Gaza need to be in a position to be able to get a lifeline to goods and supplies and to sanitation and to medical help, " she said.

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Obasanjo said the talks in Nairobi are aimed at resolving three things: a sustained cease-fire in eastern Congo, a safe corridor for humanitarian assistance in the region, and the implementation of a lasting peace in Congo.

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