{"id":187206,"date":"2013-07-28T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudanese-refugees-in-car-feel-forgotten-sheikh\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T19:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T19:35:00","slug":"sudanese-refugees-in-car-feel-forgotten-sheikh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudanese-refugees-in-car-feel-forgotten-sheikh","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese refugees in CAR feel \u2018forgotten\u2019: Sheikh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The more than 1,000 Sudanese refugees at Sam Ounja camp in the Central African Republic (CAR) are living in abysmal conditions, and have appealed to humanitarian organisations and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The refugees in CAR are facing similar challenges to their counterparts in Chad as well as the displaced of Darfur, with food shortages and outbreaks of disease due to the heavy seasonal rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Ahmed Abkar Nour of Sam Ounja camp told Radio Dabanga the refugees feel \u201cinternational organisations have disregarded them for a long while.\u201d He called for international and humanitarian organisations to \u201cprovide urgent support of plastic sheeting, tents and food so that the refugees can face the autumn rains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year has been a particularly precarious one for Sudanese refugees in CAR, most of whom fled tribal hostilities in Darfur. A recent coup d\u2019\u00e9tat has already uprooted thousands of refugees, and relief agencies have trouble reaching them to provide aid.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: UNHCR staff meet the Sudanese refugees in Birao, Central African Republic, in May (UNHCR\/J.Ghota)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/45591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u20185.663\u2019 Sudan refugees in CAR uprooted after coup<\/a>&nbsp;(27 March 2013)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/50536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNHCR reaches Sudanese refugees in remote region of Central African Republic<\/a> (31 May 2013)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/39314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darfuri refugees in Central Africa demand relocation<\/a> (6 December 2012)<\/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>The more than 1,000 Sudanese refugees at Sam Ounja camp in the Central African Republic (CAR) are living in abysmal conditions, and have appealed to humanitarian organisations and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for assistance. The refugees in CAR are facing similar challenges to their counterparts in Chad as well as the displaced of Darfur, with food shortages and outbreaks of disease due to the heavy seasonal rainfall. Sheikh Ahmed Abkar Nour of Sam Ounja camp told Radio Dabanga the refugees feel \u201cinternational organisations have disregarded them for a long while.\u201d He called for international and humanitarian organisations to \u201cprovide urgent support of plastic sheeting, tents and food so that the refugees can face the autumn rains.&#8221; This year has been a particularly precarious one for Sudanese refugees in CAR, most of whom fled tribal hostilities in Darfur. A recent coup d\u2019\u00e9tat has already uprooted thousands of refugees, and relief agencies have trouble reaching them to provide aid. File photo: UNHCR staff meet the Sudanese refugees in Birao, Central African Republic, in May (UNHCR\/J.Ghota) Related: \u20185.663\u2019 Sudan refugees in CAR uprooted after coup\u00a0(27 March 2013) UNHCR reaches Sudanese refugees in remote region of Central African Republic (31 May 2013)Darfuri refugees in Central Africa demand relocation (6 December 2012)<\/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-187206","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>Sudanese refugees in CAR feel \u2018forgotten\u2019: Sheikh - 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\/sudanese-refugees-in-car-feel-forgotten-sheikh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sudanese refugees in CAR feel \u2018forgotten\u2019: Sheikh - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The more than 1,000 Sudanese refugees at Sam Ounja camp in the Central African Republic (CAR) are living in abysmal conditions, and have appealed to humanitarian organisations and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for assistance. 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