East Darfur displaced at UN base ‘without shelter’
Thousands of displaced people from Labado camp in East Darfur, who fled from tribal militias attacking the camp and took refuge at a United Nations base, still live in the open without shelter, a camp leader reported. The Omda of the camp in Yassin locality told Radio Dabanga that the more than 13,000 displaced now live at the UN-African Union peacekeepers’ base without shelter, food, or medicines, and in dire health conditions. “We live under the heat of the sun during the day, and face the winter cold at night.” He explained that they appealed for help to the UN and aid organisations several times, but “did not find any response so far”. The Omda reiterated his appeal via Radio Dabanga to these organisations, to help and protect them. On 7 September, the Labado displaced fled the camp en masse, fearing a revenge attack of Rizeigat militant tribesmen, after two of them had been killed in a clash between Ma’aliya camp residents and Rizeigat. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan stated in October that aid agencies have not been able to access the affected people in the area since the fighting began. However, “some” of the displaced moved to the Unamid team site for protection. File photo: A displaced woman sits on a bed next to the remnants of her burnt house in Khor Abeche, South Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid)Related: ‘No access to Labado displaced in East Darfur’: OCHA (16 October 2014) East Darfur: Labado displaced seek refuge at Unamid base (8 October 2014)
Thousands of displaced people from Labado camp in East Darfur, who fled from tribal militias attacking the camp and took refuge at a United Nations base, still live in the open without shelter, a camp leader reported.
The Omda of the camp in Yassin locality told Radio Dabanga that the more than 13,000 displaced now live at the UN-African Union peacekeepers’ base without shelter, food, or medicines, and in dire health conditions. “We live under the heat of the sun during the day, and face the winter cold at night.”
He explained that they appealed for help to the UN and aid organisations several times, but “did not find any response so far”. The Omda reiterated his appeal via Radio Dabanga to these organisations, to help and protect them.
On 7 September, the Labado displaced fled the camp en masse, fearing a revenge attack of Rizeigat militant tribesmen, after two of them had been killed in a clash between Ma’aliya camp residents and Rizeigat. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan stated in October that aid agencies have not been able to access the affected people in the area since the fighting began. However, “some” of the displaced moved to the Unamid team site for protection.
File photo: A displaced woman sits on a bed next to the remnants of her burnt house in Khor Abeche, South Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid)
Related:
‘No access to Labado displaced in East Darfur’: OCHA (16 October 2014)
East Darfur: Labado displaced seek refuge at Unamid base (8 October 2014)
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