Fur-Tarjam tribal clashes displace over 7,600 families in Darfur
The number of people who have fled the recent clashes between Fur and Tarjam tribesmen has increased tenfold since the beginning of the month. The two tribes clashed in El Salam locality of South Darfur leaving at least 16 dead and several villages were torched in the area near the state capital of Nyala.Hussein Abu Sharati, a spokesman for the affairs of displaced persons and refugees, told Radio Dabanga that after an initial influx of 651 families, which soon grew to 3,392 families, the number of those who have arrived at the Kalma camp has now risen to 7,616 families. They are fleeing the Dalal and Abujazo areas around Bulbul, near Nyala.“These families are living in abysmal conditions with neither food nor shelter,” Abu Sharati says. “The same applies to Attash and Dreige camps that have also received thousands of newly displaced persons”.Abu Sharati says that while the International Immigration Organisation and the World Food Programme have provided a small quantity of plastic sheets at camp Kalma, he repeated his appeal to relief organisations and the Humanitarian Aid Commission to take urgent action.“We need both food and non-food aid for the displaced, especially as the new rainy season is approaching,” he concluded.File photo by OCHARelated:UN: 10,000 flee tribal fighting near Nyala, South Darfur (10 May 2013)‘Sudan forces now targeting civilians’ camp leader says (9 May 2013)
The number of people who have fled the recent clashes between Fur and Tarjam tribesmen has increased tenfold since the beginning of the month. The two tribes clashed in El Salam locality of South Darfur leaving at least 16 dead and several villages were torched in the area near the state capital of Nyala.
Hussein Abu Sharati, a spokesman for the affairs of displaced persons and refugees, told Radio Dabanga that after an initial influx of 651 families, which soon grew to 3,392 families, the number of those who have arrived at the Kalma camp has now risen to 7,616 families. They are fleeing the Dalal and Abujazo areas around Bulbul, near Nyala.
“These families are living in abysmal conditions with neither food nor shelter,” Abu Sharati says. “The same applies to Attash and Dreige camps that have also received thousands of newly displaced persons”.
Abu Sharati says that while the International Immigration Organisation and the World Food Programme have provided a small quantity of plastic sheets at camp Kalma, he repeated his appeal to relief organisations and the Humanitarian Aid Commission to take urgent action.
“We need both food and non-food aid for the displaced, especially as the new rainy season is approaching,” he concluded.
File photo by OCHA
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UN: 10,000 flee tribal fighting near Nyala, South Darfur (10 May 2013)
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