Darfuri in refugee camps around Fasher suffer lack of food, supplies

People in Abu Shouk camp near El Fasher are suffering from deteriorated conditions after heavy seasonal rains hit the area. They complained of poor sanitary conditions, with severe shortages in food supplies. Delivery of food assistance has been interrupted for three months by the humanitarian organizations, a displaced resident of Abu Shouk camp told Radio Dabanga in an interview aired this morning.

People in Abu Shouk camp near El Fasher are suffering from deteriorated conditions after heavy seasonal rains hit the area. They complained of poor sanitary conditions, with severe shortages in food supplies. Delivery of food assistance has been interrupted for three months by the humanitarian organizations, a displaced resident of Abu Shouk camp told Radio Dabanga in an interview aired this morning.In another development nearby there, displaced persons camp As Salaam in El Fasher, North Darfur, called on humanitarian organizations to speed up delivery of relief supplies so that they arrive sooner. A sheikh from the camp said that more than 50 homes were destroyed by rain. One of the the owners of a destroyed dwelling said to Radio Dabanga that the inhabitants are still in the open after 10 days.