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Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy

by Eric Reeves

APPENDIX TWO: El Salam Camp, site of recent Khartoum military assault, is a prism for all Darfur, 9 August 2014

9 August 2014 | Selected Blog Entries | Author: ereeves | 790 words

APPENDIX TWO (this appendix will be regularly updated)

Very recent militia attacks on displaced persons camps, including attacks on towns where many IDPs have gathered (reports from Radio Dabanga):

Military raid on South Darfur’s Dereig camp     (Radio Dabanga, NYALA LOCALITY, 11 Aug 2014) – On Thursday, a military force composed of more than 60 vehicles stormed the Dereig camp for the displaced in Nyala locality and detained a number of displaced. In Girnei village,… FULL STORY

Two men killed on their farms in South Darfur     NYALA/BIELEL/EL FASHER (9 Aug 2014) – Militia elements killed a displaced man nearby a camp for internally displaced people in Nyala locality, South Darfur, on Wednesday. In the adjacent Bielel locality, a farmer was… FULL STORY

Militiamen wound two, surround West Darfur town     EL GENEINA (8 Aug 2014) – Pro-government militiamen attacked two men in Amarjadeed, more than 50 km north of El Geneina town in West Darfur, on Thursday. A witness told Radio Dabanga that two militia… FULL STORY

Assaults on farmers, rape attempt, abducted man released in Darfur     DARFUR (4 Aug 2014) – Residents of Mukjar camp for the displaced in Central Darfur are complaining about an increase in assaults by gunmen. In particular farmers are targeted. In Karkar village, West… FULL STORY

[Even before the major assault of August 5, 2014 El Salam camp and others near Nyala had been the particular target of armed attacks—ER.]

Gunmen frighten El Salam, Nierteti camps in Darfur¨    EL SALAM/NIERTETI (1 Aug 2014) – An armed group stormed El Salam camp for the displaced people in South Darfur on Wednesday and caused panic amongst the residents. On the same day, militiamen terrorised camp…Nertiti camp FULL STORY

South Darfur displaced assaulted by soldiers     EL SALAM CAMP (31 Jul 2014) – Two residents of El Salam camp in South Darfur were assaulted by two soldiers on Monday. Speaking to Radio Dabanga from El Salam camp, Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya reported that… FULL STORY

Four wounded in militiamen’s attack, South Darfur     KATILA (26 Jul 2014) – Pro-government militiamen attacked Hashaba in Katila locality, South Darfur, and wounded four displaced people on Friday. A witness said that the 15 militia members attacked… FULL STORY

Displaced raped, robbed, beaten in South Darfur     KALMA CAMP (22 Jul 2014) – Militiamen raped three residents of Kalma camp in the area of Ba’ashum, South Darfur, on Sunday. In the same area, nine others were severely beaten and robbed of their belongings… FULL STORY

[Some of the attacks are extraordinarily destructive of humanitarian resources—ER.]

Health centre plundered in North Darfur’s Fata Borno camp     FATA BORNO CAMP (21 Jul 2014) – Gunmen on Friday pillaged the health centre in the Fata Borno camp for the displaced in Kutum locality, North Darfur. On Friday evening, militiamen riding a Land Cruiser and five… FULL STORY

Women raped in South Darfur ‘during fasting time’     EL SALAM CAMP (10 Jul 2014) – Three displaced women of El Salam camp in South Darfur were raped by militiamen on Monday morning. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, Sheik Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya reported from El Salam… FULL STORY

Child, camp sheikh remain kidnapped in Central Darfur     NIERTETI (4 Jul 2014) – Pro-government militiamen abducted a 10-year-old boy in Nierteti locality, Central Darfur, on Monday. Meanwhile, a Central Darfur camp Sheikh has been kidnapped for nearly one and… FULL STORY

South Darfur displaced attacked, robbed     KASS/SIRBA (3 Jul 2014) – Militia elements injured five displaced in an attack on three villages west of Kass, South Darfur, on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the displaced in West Darfur’s Abu Suruj camp have to pay… FULL STORY

Goats stolen from West Darfur displaced     MURNEI CAMP (2 Jul 2014) – On Tuesday, 52 goats belonging to residents of the Murnei camp for the displaced in West Darfur, were stolen. A camp sheikh told Radio Dabanga that on Tuesday morning, five gunmen… FULL STORY

Militia raids Malwi village in South Darfur     GIREIDA LOCALITY (29 Jun 2014) – A young man was shot dead, eight people were injured, and 49 others went missing on Sunday, in an attack by militiamen on the village of Malwi in Gireida locality, South Darfur. … FULL STORY

Gunmen attack, attempt to rape displaced in South Darfur     KASS (27 Jun 2014) – Gunmen assaulted seven displaced people, including four women, in two separate incidents in Kass locality, South Darfur. The first incident occurred in Amar Jadid area; the second… FULL STORY

Gunmen storm Bindisi market, Central Darfur     BINDISI (26 Jun 2014) – Government institutions, schools, and shops closed their doors, and citizens hid inside their homes, when militiamen raided the market of Bindisi in Central Darfur on Thursday. “… FULL STORY

Six villages pillaged in Kolbus locality, West Darfur     KOLBUS LOCALITY (25 Jun 2014) – In Kolbus locality, West Darfur, militia troops pillaged six villages on Sunday and Monday. One of the victims told Radio Dabanga that elements of a militia who had gathered near… FULL STORY

 

 

 

 

 

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