70,000 ‘facing extreme difficulty’ in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra: displaced
Due to the precarious security situation in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra, about 70,000 displaced persons are “facing extreme difficulty”, according to the Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees of Darfur. Speaking to Radio Dabanga on Tuesday, association spokesman Hussein Abu Sharati said that the displaced of Naivasha and Shaddad camps in East Jebel Marra are facing extremely difficult humanitarian and health situations. “They have not received humanitarian aid since 2012, because of fighting between the government forces and the Sudan Revolutionary Front,” he said. “This is aggravated due humanitarian organisations leaving the region since 2012.” Abu Sharati appealed to those humanitarian organisations and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) to deliver relief to the affected people.East Jebel Marra has been witnessing a series of air raids in the last week with some villages in the area having been “completely destroyed”, sources say. Several civilians and livestock have died and dozens of people have been injured. File photo: A camp for displaced persons near Tawila (Albert González Farran/Unamid) Related: ‘At least four dead, entire village destroyed in Darfur air raids’: witnesses (18 August 2013)
Due to the precarious security situation in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra, about 70,000 displaced persons are “facing extreme difficulty”, according to the Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees of Darfur.
Speaking to Radio Dabanga on Tuesday, association spokesman Hussein Abu Sharati said that the displaced of Naivasha and Shaddad camps in East Jebel Marra are facing extremely difficult humanitarian and health situations.
“They have not received humanitarian aid since 2012, because of fighting between the government forces and the Sudan Revolutionary Front,” he said. “This is aggravated due humanitarian organisations leaving the region since 2012.”
Abu Sharati appealed to those humanitarian organisations and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) to deliver relief to the affected people.
East Jebel Marra has been witnessing a series of air raids in the last week with some villages in the area having been “completely destroyed”, sources say. Several civilians and livestock have died and dozens of people have been injured.
File photo: A camp for displaced persons near Tawila (Albert González Farran/Unamid)
Related: ‘At least four dead, entire village destroyed in Darfur air raids’: witnesses (18 August 2013)
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