Eritrea expels more aid agencies - Region - Middle East Times

Eritrea expels more aid agencies - Region - Middle East Times: "Eritrea expels more aid agencies
AFP

November 6, 2006

ASMARA -- Eritrea said Monday that it has ordered two more international aid agencies to leave the country, bringing to at least 11 the number of such groups expelled this year.

Asmara said that the services of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Samaritan's Purse, both of which use Eritrea as a base for operations in eastern Sudan, were no longer needed.

Information minister Ali Abdu said that since the signing of an Eritrean-mediated peace agreement between Khartoum and eastern rebels, the two nongovernmental organizations (NGOS) had become redundant.
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