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"Competition over resources like clean water will aggravate an already shaky security situation across Darfur" (Photo: USAID)

EU needs to call emergency meeting on Sudan

'Little short of hell on earth' is how Kofi Annan once described the situation in Darfur. Ever since the brutal Sudanese government-led counter-insurgency began there in 2003, it has been the remarkable work of humanitarian aid agencies that has allowed the 2.7 million people displaced by the conflict some measure of hope, dignity and survival.

Last week the government of Sudan expelled 13 of those aid agencies. As a result the situation in Darfur is no longer 'little short of hell on...

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

"Competition over resources like clean water will aggravate an already shaky security situation across Darfur" (Photo: USAID)

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

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