OSLO: 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 including Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and East Timor’s Jose Ramos-Horta, went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Oct. 10 in Oslo. The Peace Research Institute Oslo, a research institution, named the Emergency Response Rooms as a possible winner.
The Emergency Response Rooms are a loose network that emerged during the civil war that broke out in Sudan in 2023.
They have tried to sustain basic services, such as water and power, and distribute food and medical supplies.
