Names deleted from IOM records in Central Darfur

Some 3,000 residents of the Deleig camp in Central Darfur have not received food rations since last year, after their names disappeared from the records. The displaced in the Abu Suruj camp in West Darfur are living in “an unprecedented bad situation”. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, a Deleig camp elder said that in the course of 2013 the names of about 3,000 displaced disappeared from the records administered by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Therefore they are not entitled anymore to food rations. “The IOM promised to solve the problem four months ago, but nothing happened so far.” Abu Suruj The displaced in the Abu Suruj camp, located north of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, are living in an “unprecedented bad situation,” the spokeswoman for the women of the camp told Radio Dabanga. “The people in the camp are barely able to survive. They cannot afford to buy enough food, there are no health services, and they have given up the hope to find a job since ages.” The spokeswoman said that food prices are soaring. “We pay SDG5 ($0.90) for a pound of sugar. A bowl (750 grams) of sorghum costs between SDG10-12 ($1.75-2.10).” File photo: Shop keepers registering the users of the voucher distribution centre in Abu Shouk camp, North Darfur, October 2012 (Albert González Farran/Unamid) Related: Prices soar in Mukjar, Central Darfur (11 July 2014) Situation dire in Central Darfur camp as prices soar, food rations cut (10 July 2014)Sudan inflation hits 45.3% in June (7 July 2014) Ramadan food prices soar in Darfur (1 July 2014) Prices of consumer goods soar in El Sareif, North Darfur (29 June 2014) Gireida, South Darfur: armed robberies, prices soar, rations reduced (22 June 2014)