The international aid community was dealt another blow this week in Sudan, when the government ordered the head of the U.N. Population Fund to leave the country.
According to the Sudanese foreign ministry, Pamela DeLargy "was not abiding by the country's laws [and] interfering in the country's domestic affairs in a manner that is inconsistent with her status as a U.N. official."
But no further details were given, so UNFPA, through the Office of the U.N. Resident Coordinator in Khartoum — which was the first one to be notified of the deportation order — is seeking clarifications on the matter.