MEDAN, (Indonesia): Frustration and criticism are mounting over the Indonesian central government’s refusal to declare a national emergency following devastating floods in Sumatra and its blocking of international aid entering the country.
As recovery efforts continue to overwhelm local administrations’ capacities, regional leaders in the hardest-hit areas have been placed in a difficult position, forced to turn away offers of assistance from overseas while humanitarian support remains limited for more than one million people affected by the floods.
