Bombing in South Darfur ‘to cover commercial convoy’: rebels
A large number of newly displaced people have arrived at El Salam camp in Nyala, South Darfur, following aerial bombardments on villages south of Nyala on Saturday. The Sudan Liberation Movement noted that the “arbitrary bombing” covered the movement of a commercial convoy in the area. Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya of El Salam camp said that a large number of villagers, among them 27 families, arrived at the camp on Saturday and Sunday. “They are in a very difficult situation. They do not have food, medicines, or shelter.” The sheikh called on the newcomers through Radio Dabanga to gather at the open space in front of the governmental Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) in order to be registered. “They should not join their relatives in the camp before they are registered and counted by HAC.” Tabaldiya appealed to humanitarian organisations to intervene and provide support to the newly displaced. Commercial convoy Adam Saleh, the military spokesperson for the Sudan Liberation Movement under the command of Minni Minawi (SLM-MM) confirmed the bombardments on the area south of Nyala by the Sudanese Air Force on Saturday. He strongly denied the occurrence of any battles between the rebel forces and the Sudanese army in the area. The spokesperson confirmed to Radio Dabanga that on Saturday an Antonov bombed several villages in the area south of Nyala, “or what is known as the area south of the railway”. The bombardments coincided with the arrival of a commercial convoy coming from Ed Daein, the capital of East Darfur, at the areas of Assalaya and Effendo, according to Saleh. “The government always covers the movement of commercial convoys on the ground and by air, by arbitrary bombing the area the convoy is moving through,” Saleh explained, “It is well known that those air strikes always displace civilians by force, as recently happened when Marla and Hijeer were bombed.” File photo by Albert González Farran/Unamid Related: Sudanese Air Force bombs South Darfur villages (29 December 2013)
A large number of newly displaced people have arrived at El Salam camp in Nyala, South Darfur, following aerial bombardments on villages south of Nyala on Saturday. The Sudan Liberation Movement noted that the “arbitrary bombing” covered the movement of a commercial convoy in the area.
Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya of El Salam camp said that a large number of villagers, among them 27 families, arrived at the camp on Saturday and Sunday. “They are in a very difficult situation. They do not have food, medicines, or shelter.”
The sheikh called on the newcomers through Radio Dabanga to gather at the open space in front of the governmental Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) in order to be registered. “They should not join their relatives in the camp before they are registered and counted by HAC.”
Tabaldiya appealed to humanitarian organisations to intervene and provide support to the newly displaced.
Commercial convoy
Adam Saleh, the military spokesperson for the Sudan Liberation Movement under the command of Minni Minawi (SLM-MM) confirmed the bombardments on the area south of Nyala by the Sudanese Air Force on Saturday. He strongly denied the occurrence of any battles between the rebel forces and the Sudanese army in the area.
The spokesperson confirmed to Radio Dabanga that on Saturday an Antonov bombed several villages in the area south of Nyala, “or what is known as the area south of the railway”. The bombardments coincided with the arrival of a commercial convoy coming from Ed Daein, the capital of East Darfur, at the areas of Assalaya and Effendo, according to Saleh.
“The government always covers the movement of commercial convoys on the ground and by air, by arbitrary bombing the area the convoy is moving through,” Saleh explained, “It is well known that those air strikes always displace civilians by force, as recently happened when Marla and Hijeer were bombed.”
File photo by Albert González Farran/Unamid
Related: Sudanese Air Force bombs South Darfur villages (29 December 2013)
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