Urgent action is needed to avoid escalation into a humanitarian disaster in Southern Sudan, warns a new report from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

NRC has been active in Sudan since 2004, providing protection and humanitarian assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons.

NRC is one of the humanitarian organisations which were told to leave Sudan; hours after The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on the country’s president.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) welcomes the advance in the peace process, and notes that the return of displaced people must be voluntary and should not take place in th...