Dabanga reports on March 31 that a commissioner in Ed Daien, East Darfur stated that people displaced from Sheiria Locality (a locality in Darfur is like a county in the US) were unlikely to come back to their lands and homes because of the insecurity, and the lack of access to potable water, education and...
Category: Darfur attacks on civilians
What if you had no electricity, gas or money for firewood?
The answer is the same anywhere in the world for someone in this position: you would have to go out and find firewood. If you live in a war zone, you would be in grave danger. In Darfur, civilians looking for firewood are often very brutally attacked. Reading over the articles of the Darfuri-run news...
Scores of displaced families living without shelter for weeks in Shaddad camp, North Darfur State
Jebel Marra is a mountainous area in the middle of the five state region of Darfur, and like the rest of region south of Wadi Howar, is populated with many villages. Government and militia attacks in this area (allegedly to attack rebel forces) have driven many families to camps such as Shaddad near the town...