IDPs fear “Sudanization” of humanitarian work in Darfur
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December 25, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in
South Darfur state have expressed concern over Humanitarian Aid
Commission’s (HAC) intentions of “Sudanization” of humanitarian work
in their state at the expense of foreign aid groups.
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A group of women build a shelter in Kalma camp for internally
displaced people in South Darfur on 9 March 2014 (Photo: UNAMID/Albert
Gonzalez Farran)
The deputy secretary general of IDPs and refugees in Darfur, Adam
Abdalla Gamhouri, told Sudan Tribune on Thursday that IDPs
categorically reject HAC’s plan to expel foreign aid groups which
continued to provide humanitarian assistance and basic services for
them during the last ten years.
He argued the move aims to starve IDPs and empty their camps and
endanger their lives, saying the national aid groups don’t have any
capabilities to provide assistance.
Adam added that HAC always sought to empty the camps by any means,
saying its personnel have not been able to enter some camps
particularly the Kalma camp for ten years because IDPs don’t have
confidence in HAC and national aid groups.
He pointed that several national aid groups belong to the National
Intelligence and Security Services (NISS).
The government sponsored Sudan Media Centre (SMC) website said on
Wednesday that South Darfur state has embarked on procedures to
determine the number of foreign aid groups working in the state in
preparation to replace them with national aid groups as of early next
year.
SMC quoted South Darfur state’s humanitarian commissioner, Jamal
Youssef, as saying they instructed the national aid groups to cover
50% of the food shortage among IDPs following the World Food Program’s
(WFP) move to decrease its assistance by 30%.
He pointed that HAC has gone a long way in identifying and registering
foreign aid groups in the state in preparation for the “Sudanization”
of the aid work in the state, saying the latter made significant
efforts to provide the necessary aid to meet the needs of the
returnees.
Immediately after the first arrest warrant of the International
Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudan’s president Omer Al-Bashir in March
2009, Sudan also expelled 13 aid groups from Darfur accusing it of
collaborating with the war crime courts.
Since then, the Sudanese government intensified its crackdown on
foreign aid agencies.
(ST)
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