South Sudanese refugees in North Darfur appeal for humanitarian assistance
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South Sudanese refugees perform a traditional dance as President Omer
Hassan al-Bashir addresses a crowd a rally held in Ed Daein, East
Darfur, April 5, 2016. April 5, 2016. (Photo Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin
Abdallah)
August 5, 2016 (EL-FASHER) - Thousands of South Sudanese refugees in
North Darfur state have launched an appeal to the Sudanese government
and aid groups to provide them with food, clothing and shelter.
Last month Sudan said it has received 500,000 South Sudanese refugees
since 2013.
South Sudanese tribal chief Ajack Deng Kual told Sudan Tribune that
7,000 refugees have arrived in the locality of Al-Leit, 325 km. south
east of North Darfur capital, El-Fasher from Bahr el-Ghazal region in
South Sudan.
He pointed that there are no official statistics on the exact number
of refugees who arrived in North Darfur, saying they are in dire need
for food, shelter, drugs and clothing.
For his part, Deng Malonk Akol, a refugee from Awil town, pointed to
the miserable situation in South Sudan, saying the vast majority of
refugees in North Darfur are women, children and the elderly.
Joseph Garang Atak, a refugee from north Bahr el-Ghazal, said they
sleep on the floor of the farms in which they took refuge, demanding
the Sudanese government and aid groups to provide them with shelter.
Last month, fighting erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba between
followers of President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, the former rebel
leader who became vice president under a deal to end a two-year civil
war.
The violence, which has killed hundreds of people, broke out as the
world’s newest nation prepared to mark five years of independence from
Sudan on July 9.
Last month, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA) said that refugees fleeing conflict and food insecurity in
South Sudan continue to arrive in Sudan.
It pointed out that “as of 3 July, 79,571 people from South Sudan had
arrived in Sudan since 1 January 2016, of whom 53,273 in East Darfur”.
On 17 March, Sudanese government announced a decision that all South
Sudanese in Sudan are to be treated as foreigners, instead of
‘brothers and sisters’ as they were previously regarded.
South Sudan broke away from Sudan in July 2011 and established its own
independent state after decades of war between the two former northern
and southern regions of one country.
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