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| January 28, 2010 |
UNAMID UN Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur) said a joint assessment mission with UN agencies had found worrying signs of shortages around the North Darfur settlements of Dar El Salaam and Shangil Tobay and their surrounding displacement camps. "IDPs (Internally displaced persons) in both regions were found to be in desperate need of food and water," it said.
Thu Jan 28, 2010
By Andrew Heavens
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Refugees in parts of Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region are desperately short of food and water due to a lack of rain, and problems have been exacerbated in at least one area by Khartoum's expulsion of aid groups, officials said on Thursday.
An estimated 4.7 million people rely on humanitarian aid in Darfur -
UNAMID said a joint assessment mission with UN agencies had found worrying signs of shortages around the North Darfur settlements of Dar El Salaam and Shangil Tobay and their surrounding displacement camps. "IDPs in both regions were found to be in desperate need of food and water," it said.
A U.N. official, who asked not to be named, said the aid group Oxfam had provided water services in Shangil Tobay before it was expelled last year. "That gap has not been properly filled," said the official.
President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered 13 foreign aid agencies to leave north Sudan in March, and closed three local groups, after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him to face charges of war crimes in Darfur. Bashir accused the groups of passing information to the Hague-based court, an accusation they denied.
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http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE60R0HQ20100128