In the wake of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir issued by the International Criminal Court on March 4, the Sudanese government has expelled at least thirteen major aid organizations working in Darfur. President Bashir declared that he wants all international aid organizations out of Sudan within the next year. The expulsion has removed 40 percent of the aid workers in Darfur, roughly 6500 national and international workers.

These thirteen organizations were responsible for over half the humanitarian operations in Darfur and were vital partners for UN agencies providing, food, water, healthcare, and education. As a result about 1.1 million people in the IDP camps will be without these necessities.

The kidnapping of three international aid workers in north Darfur by a group of armed men has raised tensions in the region and suggests an increasingly dangerous environment for those aid organizations who continue to operate in the area.