Author: Mat Nashed
Published on: 28/05/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
A directive announced by Khartoum state on its official Facebook page this month said all relief initiatives in the state must register with the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) the HAC was given expanded powers to register, monitor and crack down on local and Western aid groups by former leader Omar al-Bashir in 2006. The ERRs maintain a public stance of neutrality in an effort to preserve humanitarian access irrespective of who controls the areas they operate in at any given time. Local activists, foreign aid workers and experts now suspect that the HAC is trying to register. Any constraints or impediments to their work could have devastating consequences for civilians in Khartoum. ERR volunteers worry they will be banned from aiding their communities if they come back under RSF control. Some worry that the HAC will try to restrict and impede the work of ERRs once they register as part of a broader ploy to empower Karama committees. Source: UN has not decided whether it will maintain or cease support to ERRs. OCHA is in touch and waiting for them to make a decision. Local relief workers explained each ERR in Khartoum will deliberate among its own members.
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