Sudan: Qatari Charity Not Allowed Distributing Aid in Northern Sudan

5 August 2014

El Matama / Khartoum — In the northern Sudanese River Nile State, a problem arose over the distribution of food and shelter to the people affected by the rains and floods.

The Commissioner of the heavily affected El Matama locality told a Qatari delegation they were not entitled to distribute aid in the locality. The delegation left angry after the Commissioner said that he would oversee the distribution himself.

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