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28/07/2004
Food airdrops set to arrive in Darfur next week
Airdrops of food are scheduled to begin next week in West Darfur, where the annual rainy season has made road transport almost impossible, the UN has confirmed.
A UN observer group is currently in Sudan monitoring whether the government is meeting its commitments to disarm the Janjaweed and restore security to the region. It is expected to visit West Darfur today on the last day of its three-day trip.
This week's observer mission has been organized as part of the Joint Implementation Mechanism (JIM), set up after the UN and Sudan signed a communiqué on 3 July outlining their commitments to alleviate what has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
About 1.2 million people live as internally displaced persons (IDPs) and at least 180,000 others are refugees in neighbouring Chad because of the Janjaweed attacks, which are directed mainly at local black Africans, and the fighting between rebels and Khartoum.
The group has visited the south Darfur town of Kass, where thousands of IDPs have gathered to escape attacks by Janjaweed Arab militia and fighting between rebel groups and government forces.
Meanwhile in Chad, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that staff from humanitarian agencies have been allowed to return to two refugee camps hit by a wave of violent unrest recently.
Chad had ordered aid agencies out of the camps at Farchana and Breidjing because of the violence, and two refugees died last Thursday when Chadian forces tried to quell the unrest.
UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis said the situation in Farchana and Breidjing has returned to normal.
(gmcg)
A UN observer group is currently in Sudan monitoring whether the government is meeting its commitments to disarm the Janjaweed and restore security to the region. It is expected to visit West Darfur today on the last day of its three-day trip.
This week's observer mission has been organized as part of the Joint Implementation Mechanism (JIM), set up after the UN and Sudan signed a communiqué on 3 July outlining their commitments to alleviate what has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
About 1.2 million people live as internally displaced persons (IDPs) and at least 180,000 others are refugees in neighbouring Chad because of the Janjaweed attacks, which are directed mainly at local black Africans, and the fighting between rebels and Khartoum.
The group has visited the south Darfur town of Kass, where thousands of IDPs have gathered to escape attacks by Janjaweed Arab militia and fighting between rebel groups and government forces.
Meanwhile in Chad, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that staff from humanitarian agencies have been allowed to return to two refugee camps hit by a wave of violent unrest recently.
Chad had ordered aid agencies out of the camps at Farchana and Breidjing because of the violence, and two refugees died last Thursday when Chadian forces tried to quell the unrest.
UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis said the situation in Farchana and Breidjing has returned to normal.
(gmcg)
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Concerns raised over Sudanese plan to return 200,000 refugees
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