{"id":187405,"date":"2013-06-18T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/2013-worst-year-for-darfur-camps-displaced-association\/"},"modified":"2013-06-18T23:51:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T23:51:00","slug":"2013-worst-year-for-darfur-camps-displaced-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/2013-worst-year-for-darfur-camps-displaced-association","title":{"rendered":"2013 \u2018worst year for Darfur camps\u2019: displaced association"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees of Darfur has described 2013 as \u201cthe worst for Darfur camps\u201d, as record numbers of displaced struggle in abysmal conditions throughout the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of the deterioration of security, economy, living conditions, and high influx rates of newly displaced people, our assessment shows that this year has been the worst so far,\u201d the spokesman for the Association, Hussein Abu Sharati, told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation requires international organisations and those working in the humanitarian rights field to move urgently to provide relief, humanitarian aid and security in Darfur,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

Abu Sharati appealed via Radio Dabanga to the international community to provide security and food for displaced people, especially the newly displaced ones.<\/p>\n

Reports that reached Radio Dabanga on Monday exemplify the situation. Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya of El Salam camp in Nyala says that militiamen has surrounded the camp for the second consecutive day. \u201cOn Monday, they intercepted displaced people coming from Nyala. They beat Jabir Yousuf Ahmed and Aldouma Adam and then stole their property, including two donkeys and cell phones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheikh Tabaldiya told Radio Dabanga that members of the militia \u201cfired into the air over the camp on Sunday evening using various kinds of weapons, which sparked terror and panic in the hearts of the displaced.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheikh criticised an agreement reached by the displaced and the government regarding a night-time ceasefire at the camps. \u201cWhere is this ceasefire agreement reached in the presence of Unamid and the government? Unamid is failing to act to protect the displaced,\u201d he said, appealing via Radio Dabanga to the State government and Unamid to take immediate action to extend security and put an end to the actions of the militias.<\/p>\n

File photo by Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/Unamid<\/em><\/p>\n

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Night-time ceasefire \u2018to improve security\u2019 at El Salam camp, South Darfur<\/a> (4 June 2013)<\/p>\n