France, Jan. 21 -- The government of Sudan has told the regional economic bloc IGAD that it is suspending its membership of the east African organisation over a communique Khartoum says compromises its sovereignty.

Last week, Khartoum had already announced that it was freezing relations with IGAD for inviting paramilitary chief Mohamed Hamdan Daglo - at war with army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan for nine months - to a summit in Uganda that discussed the Sudan conflict.

According to the United Nations humanitarian agency, OCHA, Sudan "is facing one of the fastest unfolding crises globally," with more than 7.4 million people displaced and more than half the population needing humanitarian assistance.

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