Sudan has decided on Wednesday to expel 10 foreign organizations and two local ones which were accused of collaborating with the International Criminal Court (ICC), local news agency the Sudanese Media Center reported.

The 10 foreign nongovernmental organizations are French Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger, ACF), British Oxfam, French Solidarity Organization, Dutch Medical Sans Frontier, Norwegian Refugee Council, International Rescue Committee, the U.S. Common Humanitarian Fund, Mercy Corps, Save the Children and American Care for Sudan Foundation.

Meanwhile, two local organizations Khartoum Center for Development and Environment and Amal Center for Rehabilitation of Violence Victims were dissolved by the government, the report said without elaborating.

The decision came after the Hague-based ICC issued earlier on Wednesday an arrest warrant against Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the country's restive western region of Darfur between 2003 and 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency March 5, 2009)