{"id":187233,"date":"2013-07-23T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/life-harsh-and-intolerable-for-darfur-displaced\/"},"modified":"2013-07-23T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T21:00:00","slug":"life-harsh-and-intolerable-for-darfur-displaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/life-harsh-and-intolerable-for-darfur-displaced","title":{"rendered":"Life \u2018harsh and intolerable\u2019 for Darfur displaced"},"content":{"rendered":"

The displaced in camps across Darfur are suffering from \u201charsh humanitarian and security conditions\u201d, illustrating the reality \u2018on the ground\u2019 of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon\u2019s recent assessment that \u201cthe situation in Darfur continues to regress\u2019.<\/p>\n

Multiple independent reports reaching Radio Dabanga from camps for the displaced throughout Darfur daily show that some challenges are endemic: a shortage of food, shelter, clean drinking water, security and medical care.<\/p>\n

From among these reports of hardships, the coordinator of the camps near Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur bemoans \u201ca network of pro-government militias that pursue and threaten the citizens and displaced person. \u201cThey loot and rob homes, shops and along the roads at gunpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n

He appealed via Radio Dabanga to Unamid to resume patrols, demanding that the mission pay attention and respond to the camps\u2019 management reports as long as the mission is responsible for protecting the displaced.<\/p>\n

The supply-and-demand commodity dynamics of the humanitarian crisis, coupled with the holy month of Ramadan, mean that in the Zalingei camps, the price of a kilogramme of beef has risen to SDG40 ($9), a plate of corn to SDG15 $3.40), millet to SDG20 ($4.53) and a cake of soap to SDG3 ($0.68).<\/p>\n

The soaring prices \u2013 beyond affordability for many displaced \u2013 are of as much concern to Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya, who often speaks to Radio Dabanga on behalf of the displaced of the camps surrounding Nyala, capital of South Darfur:<\/p>\n

\u201cLife in the camps has become harsh and intolerable,\u201d he said on Monday. \u201cWe are suffering an unprecedented rise of food prices; as the suspension of provision of assistance to displaced persons by international organisations has aggravated the crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheikh Tabaldiya says that in the Nyala camps, the price of a pound of sugar has now risen to SDG4 ($0.90), tea to SDG7 ($1.60), a small bag of juice powder to SDG5 ($1.15) and a plate of milled corn to SDG3 ($0.68).<\/p>\n

File photo: This displaced Darfuri woman must walk many kilometres a day to find clean drinking water (by Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid)<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:
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UN Chief: \u2018Situation in Darfur continues to regress\u2019<\/a> (22 July 2013)<\/p>\n

Short rations, rising Ramadan prices plague Darfur displaced<\/a> (12 July 2013)<\/p>\n

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