Three months: 23 rapes, two murders, countless injuries, thefts in Central Darfur camp

09/02/2014 19:54

The coordinator of Deleig camp in Wadi Salih locality, Central Darfur, has told Radio Dabanga that the number of attacks and abuses by pro-government armed herders against the displaced from November 2013 until January of this year has amounted to more than 100 incidents. These include 23 rapes, two killings, three serious assaults, the theft of money, mobiles, property. He said that 850 farms were destroyed during the failed harvest season. “These abuses and violations have not been recorded because of the police refusal to report them, as well as the militias assaulting anyone who tries to do so”, the Coordinator said. They have documented those abuses and violations so as to pass them to the UN, human rights, and humanitarian organisations for investigation. Ill-equipped schools The displaced of camp Deleig have complained of a serious shortage of teachers, textbooks, seating, furniture, and other study aids. One of the sheikhs of the camp revealed to Radio Dabanga that there is only one basic school in a region with 2,000 pupils, three teachers appointed by the Ministry of Education, and three volunteer teachers. The number of pupils and students in one classroom ranges from 50 to 90 which leads to school drop-outs. File photo: A camp for the displaced in Darfur (Albert González Farran / Unamid)

The coordinator of Deleig camp in Wadi Salih locality, Central Darfur, has told Radio Dabanga that the number of attacks and abuses by pro-government armed herders against the displaced from November 2013 until January of this year has amounted to more than 100 incidents. These include 23 rapes, two killings, three serious assaults, the theft of money, mobiles, property. He said that 850 farms were destroyed during the failed harvest season.

“These abuses and violations have not been recorded because of the police refusal to report them, as well as the militias assaulting anyone who tries to do so”, the Coordinator said. They have documented those abuses and violations so as to pass them to the UN, human rights, and humanitarian organisations for investigation.

Ill-equipped schools

The displaced of camp Deleig have complained of a serious shortage of teachers, textbooks, seating, furniture, and other study aids. One of the sheikhs of the camp revealed to Radio Dabanga that there is only one basic school in a region with 2,000 pupils, three teachers appointed by the Ministry of Education, and three volunteer teachers. The number of pupils and students in one classroom ranges from 50 to 90 which leads to school drop-outs.

File photo: A camp for the displaced in Darfur (Albert González Farran / Unamid)