Plea for services in East Darfur camp after more than 11k arrivals

According to the latest statistics, 11,173 people, some from Labado and most from Muhajeriya, arrived at El Neem camp between 11 April and Wednesday. The site is near Ed Daein, the capital of East Darfur.This figure has been released by the camp’s High Committee responsible for receiving new arrivals. A committee member, Omar Issa Ahmed, said that conditions are “very bad” and that only 3,000 of them have been provided with food or non-food items so far.“They are crowded into one location at the reception centre which measures 150 metres X 100 metres. There is a decline in health services at the centre, and people are especially susceptible to diseases with the summer approaching,” he told Radio Dabanga.The committee appealed to “all organizations” working in the field of humanitarian aid in East Darfur to take urgent action concerning the displaced persons in El Neem.They are requesting the provision of services, and appealed to government agencies in the state, as well as the Chamber of Commerce and the State Government to visit the reception centre and provide services and care to their fellow displaced who now number 103,000 people or 16,000 families.Over the last few weeks approximately 50,000 people from near Labado and Muhajeriya have been forced to flee their homes as a result of fighting in East Darfur, which began on 6 April, UN OCHA said.The fighting began when rebel forces from the Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minawi (SLA-MM) attacked the strategically located towns. Hostilities continued and led to the recapture of these cities by the Sudanese Armed Forces about two weeks later.On 19 April “unidentified assailants” killed an UNAMID peacekeeper and injured two others at the Mission’s team site in Muhajeriya.File photo by Rania Abdulrahman/UNAMIDRelated: UN: ‘East Darfur displaced now number 50,000’ (3 May 2013)