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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The U.N. humanitarian director was ordered to leave south Darfur because he was discouraging civilians displaced by violence from returning to their villages, Sudan's justice minister said Thursday.
Justice Minister Mohamed Ali al-Mardi praised the decision by the governor of south Darfur to expel Wael Al-Haj Ibrahim, saying there was sufficient evidence that the U.N. official was urging civilians to stay in refugee camps.
"State authorities were left with no other alternative but to take that decision so as to preserve the independence of Sudan," al-Mardi was quoted as saying by the state news agency SUNA.
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