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February 7, 2009

Muhageriya
Aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres, Solidarites, UNICEF, the World Food Programme, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs today reached the town of Muhajariya, South Darfur, for the first time in three weeks.
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) following calls from the UN, the African Union and the US Administration decided on February 3, to pull out its troops from the flashpoint town more than two weeks after driving out the former rebel fighters of Minni Minawi.

The rapid assessment found people in urgent need of food, medicine, and water. "There are at least 5,000 people in the town and we are doing everything possible to re-start operations immediately," said the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Darfur, Toby Lanzer.
 At least 30,000 people have fled their homes recently in South Darfur while government forces attempted to re-take Muhageriya.

JEM rebels, who seized the South Darfur strategic town on January 15,  withdrew from the city in order to prevent harm to the civilian population.
 
 
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