Sudanese network of volunteer aid groups wins Norwegian human rights award

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese women from community kitchens run by local volunteers distribute meals for people who are affected by conflict and extreme hunger and are out of reach of international aid efforts, in Omdurman, Sudan, July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mazin Alrasheed/File Photo

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Wednesday to the Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network of community groups providing aid, for "their courageous work to preserve the most fundamental human right - the right to life".

Four past laureates of the Rafto prize - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, East Timor's Jose Ramos-Horta, South Korea's Kim Dae-jung and Iran's Shirin Ebadi - went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.