Charities’ Ouster Leaves Big Gaps in Darfur Aid Effort
March 17, 2009
International aid agencies and the United Nations are scrambling to fill the gaps left by the expulsion of 13 humanitarian charities from displacement camps in Sudan’s Darfur region, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The ousted groups were among the largest providers of food, clean water, education, and medical care to refugees as part of the $1-billion international aid effort in Darfur. They were expelled earlier this month by Sudan’s government over the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
