{"id":185365,"date":"2014-04-29T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/darfur-refugees-in-chad-s-farchana-camp-eating-grass\/"},"modified":"2014-04-29T14:16:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T14:16:00","slug":"darfur-refugees-in-chad-s-farchana-camp-eating-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/darfur-refugees-in-chad-s-farchana-camp-eating-grass","title":{"rendered":"Darfur refugees in Chad\u2019s Farchana camp eating grass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Darfuris in the eastern Chad refugee camps are on the brink of starvation after food rations were reduced in December last year. Darfuri refugees in South Sudan\u2019s Western Bahr El Ghazal state, are also living in poor humanitarian conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gaga, Farchana, Treguine, Bredjing, and Touloum refugee camps are witnessing a rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation owing to the reduction of food rations,\u201d Haider Suleiman Gadiria, the head of the Tuloum camp reported to Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe World Food Programme reduced the rations of sorghum and sugar for the refugees in eastern Chad camps by 50 percent since December last year.  In April this year the distribution of salt and a mixture of soap was stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grass<\/strong><\/p>\n

The head of the Farchana camp, Mohamed Dafallah told Radio Dabanga that the camp population has reached the brink of starvation. \u201cThey are now eating grass, and digging in ants\u2019 hills in search of food.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that the reduced food rations are sufficient for one week. \u201cThe situation in the camps is nearing a humanitarian disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

The camp head demanded from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme to \u201cundo this policy, and provide adequate nutritional support for the refugees\u201d.<\/p>\n

South Sudan<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Darfuri refugees in the Kor El Madina camp in South Sudan\u2019s Raga county, Western Bahr El Ghazal state, are surviving in extremely poor conditions, Ishag Hussein, the spokesman for the camp told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended the provision of food in 2013. The camp also lacks medicines and educational services.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the 1,860 refugees living at the camp, fled from South Darfur state in 2009,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Hussein urged the WPF to resume the provision of food. He demanded from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to treat them as refugees, because they are no longer considered to be \u201cinternally displaced persons\u201d after the secession of South Sudan in 2011.<\/p>\n

File photo: Map indicating refugee camps in eastern Chad<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

Food distribution delayed for Darfuri refugees in Chad camp<\/a> (16 March 2014)<\/p>\n

Sudanese refugees face starvation in Chad camps<\/a> (30 January 2014)<\/p>\n

WFP stops food rations for Gaga refugee camp in Chad: Sheikh<\/a> (22 January 2014)<\/p>\n

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