3.06.2009

Sudan expulsions could spark conflict

By Andrew Heavens

KHARTOUM, March 6 (Reuters) - Aid officials warned on Friday that an expulsion of humanitarian agencies from Sudan could lead to fresh conflict in flashpoint oil-producing border regions where hundreds of thousands people will be left without help.

Sudan's government shut down 13 foreign aid groups this week, accusing them of passing information to the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to face charges of alleged war crimes in Darfur. Aid groups deny working with the court.

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