This figure is similar to the number of people driven from their homes by figthing during the first peak of the war in Darfur (2003 – 2005), according to a statement yesterday from Human Rights Watch, which cites UN figures for the region: http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/11/un-civilians-risk-darfur-attacks-surge-0 This is even more disturbing when one takes into account that...
Category: attacks on civilians
International Red Cross and Red Crescent prepare for election violence
National elections in Sudan will be held April 13 through 15, despite boycotting by major political opposition parties. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has been preparing for casualties of violent dispersals of protests, especially in Blue Nile, South and West Kordofan, White Nile, Khartoum and all five Darfur states. Each...
Malnutrition and low supplies of drinking water for hundreds of displaced persons in Jebel Marra
The villages of Numira, Dali, Massalit, Dolma, Sharafa and Humeida are reported in a March 27 Dabanga article as not having enough drinking water. The same article goes on to report that 3,000 people in Wadi Barkroi and 201 families in Wadi Ashara suffer from malnutrition and vulnerability to disease. Article may be found here: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/darfur-s-jebel-marra-residents-suffer-from-fever-thirst...