‘We do not dare light a cooking fire’: East Jebel Marra residents

An Antonov of the Sudanese Air Force reportedly killed two men south of Dady in East Jebel Marra. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, villagers in East Jebel Marra reported that Jarelnabi Salem Mohamed and Mahjoub Haroun Musa were killed when an Antonov bombed them at about 12am on 19 November.The men were on their way to Nimra with their carts loaded with sorghum harvested at their farmlands south of Dady. The bombardment also ignited fires in the area that burned until the evening. The villagers noted that the conditions in which they have to live, have become extremely bad. “We are afraid to leave out houses, go to our farmlands or the market, or even to light a fire to cook on.” They added that on Monday afternoon, the “government forces” stationed in Tabit started firing their heavy weapons and mortars in the direction of the villages of Kutu and Karfoula, located 5km west of Tabit. The East Jebel Marra residents appealed once again to the UN, its Security Council, and the international community to pressure the government in order to stop the continuous bombardments and shelling of civilians, their properties, and water sources in East Jebel Marra and other parts of Darfur and the Sudan. File photo Related: Ongoing air raids on Darfur’s East Jebel Marra kill four, destroy school (18 November 2013)’Sudan Air Force’ drops four bombs in East Jebel Marra (15 November 2013)Situation dire for Darfuris in East Jebel Marra after clashes, air raids (5 November 2013)Air raid destroys water well in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra (31 October 2013)