---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Radio Dabanga" <[email protected]> Date: Aug 15, 2017 22:00 Subject: Darfur displaced call on Sudan govt. to declare cholera epidemic, Darfur & Sudan News Update (9 - 15 August) To: <[email protected]> Cc:
Cholera continues to spread in South Darfur and Northern State. Also, > Border Guards members have complied to the weapons collection order in > Darfur. > *Darfur & Sudan News Update by Radio Dabanga (9 - 15 August)* > View this email in your browser > <http://mailchi.mp/c71b70c94535/darfur-sudan-news-update?e=5ffa50b614> > > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=aa3a21e686&e=5ffa50b614> > > *Darfur displaced call on Sudan govt. to declare cholera epidemic* > [image: News photo 1] > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=2d6409d406&e=5ffa50b614> > > *August 15 - 2017 NYALA / EL MAHAS* Cholera continues to spread in South > Darfur and Northern State. The leadership of the Darfur Displaced and > Refugees Association has urged the Sudanese authorities to officially > declare a cholera epidemic in the country. > “The Khartoum regime must declare the spread of cholera and allow the > World Health Organization to intervene in the towns, villages, and camps > for the displaced in Darfur to save the people,” said the General > Coordination of the Darfur Displaced and Refugees Association last week. > Radio Dabanga received reports of increased rates of cholera infections in > the health centres in Northern State's El Mahas and Abri. The affected > areas are Abri and El Mahas, specifically Saad Nafatni where a woman died > on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths in this area to four cases > in four days. Parents have prevented their children > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=9a480b0905&e=5ffa50b614> > from going to two local basic schools in fear of contracting the disease. > The epidemic reached the area of Manawashi, near the South Darfur capital, > last week. Six people died of cholera on Wednesday and Thursday. In West > and Central Darfur, thirteen people have died > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=6b1488809a&e=5ffa50b614> > of cholera in one week's time. Meanwhile a medical team arrived in a > village in Kass, South Darfur, after thirteen people died of cholera and 45 > others were infected. The team's arrival has led to a decrease in the > spread of the infections and a reduction in the mortality rate, a source > reported on Friday. “No new deaths have been reported in the village as of > Wednesday.” > Continue Reading > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=678c7b7fa9&e=5ffa50b614> > *Musa Hilal's men detained, Darfur paramilitaries hand-over arms* > > *August 15 - 2017 EL GENEINA / ZALINGEI* A number of members of the > paramilitary Border Guards in West Darfur have complied to the weapons > collection order of the Sudanese government and handed over weapons and > vehicles they illegally owned, contrary to the stance of Border Guards in > North Darfur. > Speaking at a news conference, West Darfur Governor Fadlel Mawla El Haja > added that yesterday the first batch of weapons of the native > administrations in the state was handed over to the Sudanese Armed Forces. > Elsewhere in Darfur similar inventories are conducted in order to collect > the unlicensed firearms and other tools often used in criminal activities. > As mentioned in last week's newsletter, all states of Darfur issued a > warning to their citizens to hand over illegal weapons and unlicensed > vehicles to the Sudanese army and police. The campaign is criticised by > several parties, including displaced people, opposition parties > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=ace5f96eb2&e=5ffa50b614>, > rebel movements > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=4b0125f67a&e=5ffa50b614> > and > militiamen. Among the concerns is the selectivity in the collection of > weapons which might lead to new conflicts. > In North Darfur, Border Guards and the Revolutionary Awakening Council > (RAC) led by former Janjaweed leader Musa Hilal have announced that they > will refrain from handing over weapons and vehicles. Last week the > government's official militia, the RSF, detained a number of close > followers of Musa Hilal, including his bodyguard, at the Darfur-Libya > border > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=d6a339278b&e=5ffa50b614> > on their return from Libya. The North Darfur Border Guards and RAC also > oppose the plan for their re-integration into the ranks of the RSF, a > militia created in 2013 to fight the various rebel groups in the country. > *More news from Radio Dabanga:* > *Residents succumb to sunstroke in Port Sudan* > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=8368ffe1b5&e=5ffa50b614> > > August 15 - 2017 PORT SUDAN One person died from a sunstroke in a > hospital in Port Sudan on Sunday. Four people succumbed to sunstroke in > July following the lasting heat... > > *Sudanese Congress Party leaders released* > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=23857d99eb&e=5ffa50b614> > > August 14 - 2017 KHARTOUM Former Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) leader > Ibrahim El Sheikh and political secretary Abubakar Yousif were released > after having been detained by the security apparatus... > > *Sudanese authorities detain South Darfur Falata leader* > <http://dabangasudan.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ac95e0e4d9338971bb35b6965&id=2f9fb1f05f&e=5ffa50b614> > > August 14 - 2017 NYALA Military Intelligence officers detained a > prominent Falata leader in South Darfur on Friday, after he protested the > way government forces conducted a search campaign in Tullus. 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