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Chances are slim that all the aid groups expelled by the Sudanese government will return to Darfur, and alternative ways must be found to help millions of people, President Obama’s new envoy to Sudan said.
J. Scott Gration made his comments after touring Darfur’s fastest-growing refugee camp. The retired Air Force general said the basic needs of more than 70,000 people in the Zam Zam camp are barely being met, largely because of the expulsion of the aid groups.
Sudan made the move after an international court issued an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for the counterinsurgency campaign in Darfur.
Gration said water could run out in the northern Darfur camp, which has received thousands of newly displaced people, in about two months and there could be an outbreak of preventable diseases.
Sudan has said its agencies will fill the gap, but Gration said they will not be able to meet all the needs.
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