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[image: email] Email<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=enviar_email_articulo&id_article=50170> [image: print] Print<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=50170> [image: pdf]Save<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=spipdf&spipdf=spipdf_article&id_article=50170&nom_fichier=article_50170> [image: separation] [image: increase] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article50170#> [image: decrease] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article50170#> [image: separation] [image: separation] ------------------------------ March 3, 2014 (KHARTOUM)- The hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said alarmed by a recent escalation of violence in South Darfur state and urged to allow unrestricted access to affected civilians. In a statement released on Monday the UNAMID reported the burning of a number of villages and the displacement of a large number of civilians near Um Gunya, located at about 50 kilometres southeast of Nyala. The Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC) in a separate statement said the government militias launched "a destructive military operation against the civilian population" in southeast of Nyala. The advocacy group and UNAMID did not mention the reason of the attack. However the DRDC estimated that about 5,000 displaced villagers reached Kalma camp outside Nyala and Al-Salam camp in Beilel Locality. It further said that more than 10,000 "are currently living in the wilderness as they were prevented by the militiamen from reaching urban areas and IDP settlements". "UNAMID calls upon the authorities to allow the Mission unhindered and immediate access to these areas, so that it can carry out its core activity for the protection of civilians as mandated by the African Union and the United Nations and as consented to by the Government of Sudan," said the joint mission. The peacekeeping mission said they received reports of looting arson, and "civilians causalities" pointing that IDPs arrived to Kalam and Al-Salam camps. The Geneva based DRDC said the attacks were carried out by a militia group led Ahmed Hamdan "Hemedti". The same group committed January a series of attacks outside the capital of North Kordofan and triggered a protest against their presence there. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooOP-yyAYkSBRN_FX80Dh6p2n-z92Afuo52zdTmGxN12w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
