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: Darfur UN budget shortfall
UNOCHA HRP plan 26% funded; 50,605 Darfuris confirmed displaced in 2015; conflict and unreliable access to food affect millions of Sudanese
UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Response Plan helps the UN, aid groups and the Sudanese government decide where and how much to fund various aid projects. According to this Dabanga article, conflict and food insecurity remain immense problems in Sudan (the World Food Programme plans to help 3.7 million across Sudan in 2015 via food aid and other...
Rufaida Health Organization, the Patient Helping Fund and the National Initiative for Development Organization will stop work in Nyala area camps after this month
Together these three organizations provided health services to about 73,860 camp residents, in addition to many persons in South Darfur’s capital, Nyala, plus another 9,300 returnees. The organizations do not have enough funding to continue their work in the Nyala area beyond April. All three organizations are Sudanese aid groups. The number of internally displaced...