Airstrikes kill 2 in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra

12/04/2013 21:51

Aerial bombardments by “the Sudanese government” killed two civilians in East Jebel Marra on Thursday night, sources said. Mohamed Issa Yahiya and Adam Bakhit from Zamzam camp were hit by airstrikes at 12:00am as they were asleep in an area located 15 kilometers east of Dobbo. They had gone collecting firewood in Abu Zayd, a government-sponsored agricultural project. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga the bombings led to “widespread devastation in the region”. Activists and local residents say the international community should pressure on the Sudanese government to put an end to airstrikes. They urged UNAMID to protect civilians in Darfur, in particular those living in East Jebel Marra.Radio Dabanga file photo: Demonstrations in Kalma camp, South Darfur, against the timing of the Doha donors’ conference. The child holds a poster saying “No no for killing”, one of the slongans the displaced chanted during protests.  

Aerial bombardments by “the Sudanese government” killed two civilians in East Jebel Marra on Thursday night, sources said.

Mohamed Issa Yahiya and Adam Bakhit from Zamzam camp were hit by airstrikes at 12:00am as they were asleep in an area located 15 kilometers east of Dobbo.

They had gone collecting firewood in Abu Zayd, a government-sponsored agricultural project. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga the bombings led to “widespread devastation in the region”.

Activists and local residents say the international community should pressure on the Sudanese government to put an end to airstrikes.

They urged UNAMID to protect civilians in Darfur, in particular those living in East Jebel Marra.

Radio Dabanga file photo: Demonstrations in Kalma camp, South Darfur, against the timing of the Doha donors’ conference. The child holds a poster saying “No no for killing”, one of the slongans the displaced chanted during protests.