Khartoum expels foreign aid agencies from eastern Sudan
At least four aid organisations have been banned from working in the deeply impoverished eastern region of Sudan, sources have told the BBC.
They include Save the Children Sweden and Ireland’s Goal, diplomats say.
An unnamed Sudanese official told the AFP news agency the aid groups had “failed in their planned projects”.
A BBC reporter says Sudan has in the past restricted the work of foreign humanitarian agencies, accusing them of working to destabilise the country.
Fears of fresh rebellion
The BBC’s James Copnall in Khartoum says eastern Sudan is
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