♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan’s highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
♦ Militia shooting in Central Darfur camp leaves one dead
May 22 – 2018 ZALINGEI Sudanese militiamen killed a displaced woman and wounded ten other people near a camp in Zalingei, Central Darfur, on Monday. The coordinator of the Central Darfur camps, El Shafee Abdallah, informed Radio Dabanga about the incident in Khamsa Degaig camp. “A force of the paramility Rapid Support Forces stormed the camp at 9am. They were driving vehicles with Dushka machine guns mounted on the top.”
The attackers opened fire into the air. The hail of bullets instantly killed 22-year-old Magboula Hasabelnabi and wounded her child of 17 months old. Her death has led to demonstrations in the camp and in Zalingei town against the state authorities, where protesters faced police who fired live ammunition at them, according to El Shafee.
Zalingei locality commissioner Khalid Bilal Ahmed reported another account of what took place in the camp. The clash took place over friction between camp residents and RSF members who were on their way to El Geneina aboard six vehicles. They “lost their way” in the camp, where camp residents did not welcome them.
♦ Fraud probe: UNHCR suspends resettlement programme from Sudan
May 17 – 2018 KHARTOUM The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), is temporarily suspending its refugee resettlement programme from Sudan in connection with two ongoing investigations launched in February and March by the organisation’s independent Inspector General’s Office. A separate anti-fraud and integrity support mission is expected to deploy shortly, according to a statement by the UNHCR from Khartoum on May 17.
“At present we are still dealing with allegations, based on reports that have come from refugees. Nonetheless these are worrying and the integrity of the Sudan resettlement programme has to be assured beyond any doubt,” said UNHCR Representative for Sudan Noriko Yoshida. “Should wrongdoing be confirmed, those responsible can expect the consequences to be severe.”
In its press statement, the agency underlined that the UNHCR never charges fees to help refugees or others under its duty of care. Resettlement is one of the three main solutions offered to refugees and applies to vulnerable people for whom there is no possibility of either voluntary return or local integration. As such, it is a vital lifeline.
More news from Radio Dabanga:
May 22 – 2018 KHARTOUM A lack of cooking gas led to long lines of people waiting for a refill of their cooking gas cylinders at a warehouse in the Sudanese capital Khartoum…
May 21 – 2018 JEBEL AWLIA The police in Khartoum said on Sunday they arrested a man suspected of killing a student from Darfur last week.The battered body of Awadallah…
May 21 – 2018 EL FASHER The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (Unamid) Joint Special Representative (JSR) Jeremiah Mamabolo has expressed…
May 20 – 2018 KHARTOUM / EL NAHUD On Thursday, three members of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party were arrested by the security services in Khartoum and…
May 18 – 2018 ZALINGEI Coordinators of displacement camps in Darfur have denied having any knowledge of a delegation of displaced people that met with President Omar Al Bashir…
May 18 – 2018 KHARTOUM Sudan’s inflation rate hit a record 57.6 per cent in April, compared with 55.6 per cent in March. The inflation has a worsening effect on…
May 17 – 2018 OMDURMAN A sentence of flogging was carried out by Omdurman Criminal Court on Tuesday against a woman who married without the consent of her father…
May 17 – 2018 OMDURMAN The defence attorneys of Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese woman sentenced to hang for killing her husband after he allegedly raped…
May 17 – 2018 KORDOFAN / PORT SUDAN Hundreds of residents from neighbourhoods in the North Kordofan capital of El Obeid took to the streets in two separate demonstrations…
May 16 – 2018 JEBEL MARRA In a memorandum to the National Commission for Human Rights and Unamid this week, the Youth Initiative Against Displacement and Resettlemen…
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