{"id":187062,"date":"2013-08-26T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/tainted-grain-kills-13-in-west-darfur-camp\/"},"modified":"2013-08-26T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:30:00","slug":"tainted-grain-kills-13-in-west-darfur-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/tainted-grain-kills-13-in-west-darfur-camp","title":{"rendered":"Tainted grain kills 13 in West Darfur camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 13 people have reportedly died, including three children and four women, at Murnei camp in West Darfur on Sunday and Monday, apparently after eating contaminated grain.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Radio Dabanga on Sunday, sheiks said that 275 people were stricken with vomiting and acute diarrhoea. Some of those were in \u201ccritical condition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A sheik of the camp told Radio Dabanga on Monday that \u201cthe health authorities have not yet provided any assistance to the sick at the camp\u2019s medical centre,\u201d adding that \u201cin addition to the human casualties \u201clarge numbers of livestock have also died\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The sheikh said that after hearing about the poisoning, officials of the food security programme, who have been distributing grain to the displaced, burned the contaminated grain in large pits on Sunday night, and then buried it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grain was supplied by the Khartoum government, and is not of the same kind or quality supplied by the UN World Food Programme,\u201d he said. \u201cThose who supplied the contaminated grain should be arrested and brought to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sheikh appealed to the health authorities and humanitarian organisations to come to the aid of the displaced.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Food ration distribution to the displaced in Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/UNAMID)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/55119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">275 displaced \u2018poisoned by contaminated food\u2019 in West Darfur camp<\/a> (25 August 2013)<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 13 people have reportedly died, including three children and four women, at Murnei camp in West Darfur on Sunday and Monday, apparently after eating contaminated grain. As reported by Radio Dabanga on Sunday, sheiks said that 275 people were stricken with vomiting and acute diarrhoea. Some of those were in \u201ccritical condition\u201d. A sheik of the camp told Radio Dabanga on Monday that \u201cthe health authorities have not yet provided any assistance to the sick at the camp\u2019s medical centre,\u201d adding that \u201cin addition to the human casualties \u201clarge numbers of livestock have also died\u201d. The sheikh said that after hearing about the poisoning, officials of the food security programme, who have been distributing grain to the displaced, burned the contaminated grain in large pits on Sunday night, and then buried it. \u201cThis grain was supplied by the Khartoum government, and is not of the same kind or quality supplied by the UN World Food Programme,\u201d he said. \u201cThose who supplied the contaminated grain should be arrested and brought to justice.\u201d The sheikh appealed to the health authorities and humanitarian organisations to come to the aid of the displaced. File photo: Food ration distribution to the displaced in Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/UNAMID) Related: 275 displaced \u2018poisoned by contaminated food\u2019 in West Darfur camp (25 August 2013)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tainted grain kills 13 in West Darfur camp - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/tainted-grain-kills-13-in-west-darfur-camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tainted grain kills 13 in West Darfur camp - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A total of 13 people have reportedly died, including three children and four women, at Murnei camp in West Darfur on Sunday and Monday, apparently after eating contaminated grain. As reported by Radio Dabanga on Sunday, sheiks said that 275 people were stricken with vomiting and acute diarrhoea. Some of those were in \u201ccritical condition\u201d. A sheik of the camp told Radio Dabanga on Monday that \u201cthe health authorities have not yet provided any assistance to the sick at the camp\u2019s medical centre,\u201d adding that \u201cin addition to the human casualties \u201clarge numbers of livestock have also died\u201d. The sheikh said that after hearing about the poisoning, officials of the food security programme, who have been distributing grain to the displaced, burned the contaminated grain in large pits on Sunday night, and then buried it. \u201cThis grain was supplied by the Khartoum government, and is not of the same kind or quality supplied by the UN World Food Programme,\u201d he said. \u201cThose who supplied the contaminated grain should be arrested and brought to justice.\u201d The sheikh appealed to the health authorities and humanitarian organisations to come to the aid of the displaced. 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