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 not enough aid
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...
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...