UNITED NATIONS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A joint United Nations-Sudanese government team on Wednesday began to evaluate the humanitarian needs in Darfur, after Khartoum decided to expel 13 foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the area last week.
The expulsions started immediately after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur.
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- More than one million people in Darfur are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in coming months, following the expulsion of international aid groups by Sudan's government.
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is in neighboring Eritrea, his first trip abroad since an international court issued an arrest warrant against him on charges of war crimes in Darfur.
Millions of dollars in US aid to Madagascar could be affected The US has halted all non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar after the army forced out the elected president and installed the opposition leader in his place. Washington said it had to act.
Days after his administration decried the Sudanese government's role in the killing of civilians as "genocide," President Obama vowed to work toward ending the bloodshed.
* Sudan points finger at IRC * NGO calls Sudan's claim "baseless and false" (Adds further IRC comment, paragraph 12) UNITED NATIONS, March 16 (Reuters) - A humanitarian.
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