UK Red Cross flies out aid to Sudanese

A British Red Cross plane will take off today filled with supplies for refugees who have fled the war-torn region of Darfur in Sudan.

The flight is bound for Chad, where many people have fled to escape the violence and are now in urgent need of food, shelter and medical care.

The plane will take off from Manston, Kent, carrying 4,160 jerrycans, 2,000 tarpaulins and a four-wheel drive vehicle equipped for rough terrain.

The supplies will be used at a camp for 20,000 refugees that the Red Cross is building in Trejine, 52 miles from the Sudanese border.