Sudan's president: Foreign aid groups must leave
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Sudan's president said Monday he wants all international aid groups to leave the country within a year, leaving humanitarian relief efforts to Sudanese organizations.
President Omar al-Bashir has already expelled 13 large foreign aid agencies, most of them operating in Darfur, accusing them of spying for an international court that issued an arrest warrant against him on March 4 for war crimes in the western Sudanese region.
He also shut down three local aid groups, including one of the largest local groups operating in Darfur. The United Nations said those expulsions would leave millions at risk of a humanitarian crisis.
Speaking to a rally of security forces in the capital, Khartoum, the president said Monday that he wanted all foreign relief groups to go.
"We directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to Sudanize voluntary work," he told a crowd of thousands shouting their support for the president and waving their guns in the air.
"Within a year, we don't want to see any foreign aid group dealing with a Sudanese citizen," al-Bashir said. "If they want to bring relief, let them drop it at airports or seaports. Let the national organizations deal with our citizens."
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President Omar al-Bashir has already expelled 13 large foreign aid agencies, most of them operating in Darfur, accusing them of spying for an international court that issued an arrest warrant against him on March 4 for war crimes in the western Sudanese region.
He also shut down three local aid groups, including one of the largest local groups operating in Darfur. The United Nations said those expulsions would leave millions at risk of a humanitarian crisis.
Speaking to a rally of security forces in the capital, Khartoum, the president said Monday that he wanted all foreign relief groups to go.
"We directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to Sudanize voluntary work," he told a crowd of thousands shouting their support for the president and waving their guns in the air.
"Within a year, we don't want to see any foreign aid group dealing with a Sudanese citizen," al-Bashir said. "If they want to bring relief, let them drop it at airports or seaports. Let the national organizations deal with our citizens."
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