34,000 displaced persons in North Jebel Mara Locality, Central Darfur State cannot be reached by aid groups due to insecurity and the restrictions of local authorities. And another 6,200 in East Darfur State’s Adila and Abu Karninka Localities need emergency shelter (plastic sheeting or if they are even more lucky a ready-made tent), household supplies...
Category: Darfur 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...
16,500 newly displaced in Central, South and North Darfur, according to UNOCHA
6,000 of those persons came from the Jebel Marra area to Guldo in Central Darfur state, allegedly due to militia attacks and lack of aid. Another 1,800 are now in villages in Katayla Locality in South Darfur after escaping severe intertribal fighting last month. Sadly, intertribal fighting also displaced some 8,700 more people from villages...