KUTAM, Sudan, March 24 (Reuters) - U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes, on his first visit to Darfur, said he was barred on Saturday from visiting a camp for people displaced by the violence in western Sudan.

Holmes told Reuters a military guard at the Kassad Camp blocked him from entering and the decision was supported by the guard's commander.

"I am frustrated and angry. I find this extraordinary but it illustrates the difficulties we are facing," he said.

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