Food relief for Darfuris displaced or affected by tribal conflict
Aid organisations managed to send food supplements to more than 2,000 children in East Darfur localities, after the supplies were stuck in the state’s capital for the past three months, owing to tribal conflict. In South Darfur, agencies have found that about 17,000 refugees and displaced people live in and around Um Dafug town. The majority has sought refuge from tribal clashes in Central Darfur. The United Nations’ humanitarian office (OCHA) wrote in its latest news bulletin that the World Food Programme (WFP) sent the nutritional food supplements to East Darfur’s Adila and Abu Karinka localities without any escort on 6 November. The supplies are meant for about 700 children to cater for the next three months.According to OCHA, humanitarian organisations have been unable to access Adila and Abu Karinka from Ed Daein since August 2013, when clashes erupted between the Misseriya and Rizeigat tribes. The children’s fund Unicef also reported this week to have sent supplies to nutrition programs run by the American Refugee Committee and the Ministry of Health. ‘These will cover the needs of up to 1,500 children through the end of 2014,’ the UN humanitarian office said. It estimated that about 54,000 people are displaced in Adila and Abu Karinka, and need assistance. Many refugees and displaced in Um Dafug A rapid mission of several aid agencies has assessed the needs of an estimated 17,000 refugees and displaced people living in and around Um Dafug town, South Darfur. The locality shares borders with the Central African Republic (CAR), from where many people seek refuge in Darfur. On 2 November, the mission identified 9,800 displaced people from Um Dukhun in Central Darfur, as well as 6,000 Sudanese who had returned from the CAR, and 1,200 refugees from the CAR. The refugees and returnees fled to Um Dafug because of the conflict in the CAR, and arrived between May and June this year, according to OCHA. The nearly ten thousand internally displaced people from Um Dukhun have sought refuge in Um Dafug since 2013, when tribal clashes between the Salamat and the Misseriya erupted, and continued this year.The detailed findings of the mission are expected when the participating agencies finish their report. File photo: A returnee in Darfur (WFP) Related: East Darfur displaced at UN base ‘without shelter’ (2 November 2014) State of Emergency imposed in East Darfur (14 October 2014) Sudan to evacuate Darfuris in Central African Republic (23 June 2014) Renewed tribal clashes cause chaos in Central Darfur (20 June 2014) Central Darfur town ‘a battlefield’ as Misseriya, Salamat clash (19 February 2014)
Aid organisations managed to send food supplements to more than 2,000 children in East Darfur localities, after the supplies were stuck in the state’s capital for the past three months, owing to tribal conflict. In South Darfur, agencies have found that about 17,000 refugees and displaced people live in and around Um Dafug town. The majority has sought refuge from tribal clashes in Central Darfur.
The United Nations’ humanitarian office (OCHA) wrote in its latest news bulletin that the World Food Programme (WFP) sent the nutritional food supplements to East Darfur’s Adila and Abu Karinka localities without any escort on 6 November. The supplies are meant for about 700 children to cater for the next three months.
According to OCHA, humanitarian organisations have been unable to access Adila and Abu Karinka from Ed Daein since August 2013, when clashes erupted between the Misseriya and Rizeigat tribes.
The children’s fund Unicef also reported this week to have sent supplies to nutrition programs run by the American Refugee Committee and the Ministry of Health. ‘These will cover the needs of up to 1,500 children through the end of 2014,’ the UN humanitarian office said. It estimated that about 54,000 people are displaced in Adila and Abu Karinka, and need assistance.
Many refugees and displaced in Um Dafug
A rapid mission of several aid agencies has assessed the needs of an estimated 17,000 refugees and displaced people living in and around Um Dafug town, South Darfur. The locality shares borders with the Central African Republic (CAR), from where many people seek refuge in Darfur.
On 2 November, the mission identified 9,800 displaced people from Um Dukhun in Central Darfur, as well as 6,000 Sudanese who had returned from the CAR, and 1,200 refugees from the CAR. The refugees and returnees fled to Um Dafug because of the conflict in the CAR, and arrived between May and June this year, according to OCHA.
The nearly ten thousand internally displaced people from Um Dukhun have sought refuge in Um Dafug since 2013, when tribal clashes between the Salamat and the Misseriya erupted, and continued this year.The detailed findings of the mission are expected when the participating agencies finish their report.
File photo: A returnee in Darfur (WFP)
Related:
East Darfur displaced at UN base ‘without shelter’ (2 November 2014)
State of Emergency imposed in East Darfur (14 October 2014)
Sudan to evacuate Darfuris in Central African Republic (23 June 2014)
Renewed tribal clashes cause chaos in Central Darfur (20 June 2014)
Central Darfur town ‘a battlefield’ as Misseriya, Salamat clash (19 February 2014)
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