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| Sudan President-for-life vows to expel all foreign aid groups | |
| 2009-03-17 | |
| Sudan's president said on Monday he wanted all foreign aid groups leave Darfur in a year's time, stepping up defiance of an international war crimes warrant against him. "If no one can tell, no one will ever know!" In a speech to thousands of soldiers and police, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said he had ordered his Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to hand over the distribution of all relief aid to Sudanese groups--a move that could freeze the work of more than 70 foreign organizations still working in Darfur and other areas. Nationalization of aid
"We'll take our rake-off and hand it out to people we know." If carried out, the order will also force international donors, including the United States, Britain and the European Union, to decide whether they will continue to pour millions of dollars into projects across the underdeveloped country without full control over how their aid is distributed. They probably will. They'll do it For The Children™. Sudan last week issued a list of 19 Sudanese NGOs that will replace the expelled organizations, with the health ministry saying it would send 100 doctors and quantities of medicine to Darfur. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "If they want to continue providing aid, they can just leave it at the airport and Sudanese NGOs can distribute the relief." ... send me a check or visit my paypal site. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-17 08:06 |