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...
Category: Darfur IDP camp
Sheiria Locality, East Darfur displaced unlikely to return due to lack of resources; UN OCHA Sudan funding now at 5%
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...
People waiting over 24 hours to get water at Zam Zam camp, North Darfur
This was brought about by an increased number of people in the camp, and a lack of water sources. And since Zam Zam camp is so large, new arrivals to the camp live further away from water sources (as much as 3 km). Imagine having to walk that far and wait over twenty-four hours for...