Radio Dabanga (Hilversum)

15 January 2013

Sudan: Families Fleeing North Darfur Tribal Clashes Arrive At Chad Camp

Photo: Derk Segaar/IRIN
Displaced (file photo)




Several other people fleeing the clashes in North Darfur did not manage to reach the refugee camp. They were last seen by Hashim and the others about 60 kilometers away from the border between Chad and Sudan, without food or water.

The 40 families come from the villages of Umm Kolol, Medecis, Umm Baua, and from the surroundings of Jebel 'Amer.

They all expressed their gratefulness for the warm welcome they received from the other refugees already living in camp Touloum.


Touloum's chief, Haider Suleiman Gardia, said the newly-arrived refugees were exhausted by the time they reachd the camp.

He told Radio Dabanga these people had not eaten or drunk for several days as they ran out of supplies during their journey.

The sheikh stated that different aid organizations visited the 40 families and he urged them to accelerate their provision of food, water, medicine and shelter.

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