IDPs: No voluntary return before safety

A number of displaced in Kutum in North Darfur rejected a government appeal to voluntarily return to their villages and participate in the upcoming elections.

A number of displaced in Kutum in North Darfur rejected a government appeal to voluntarily return to their villages and participate in the upcoming elections. They called upon the government to provide security and food before going to their villages. The local authorities in Kutum started to implement phase two of the voluntary retun program by sending back 320 families to the villages of Ghurair and Fata Borno.