Darfur / UNAMID Daily Media Brief
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, March 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — UNAMID Daily Media Brief / 2011-03-27
Mission to Shangil Tobaya finds villages deserted
An inter-agency team led by OCHA, UNAMID and the North Darfur Humanitarian Aid Commission today visited five villages near Shangil Tobaya in North Darfur and has found the majority of homes deserted.
The mission visited the villages of Hashaba, Tangarara, Fulla, Runyu and Arosha, which lie in a radius of approximately 15 to 30 km from Shangil Tobaya. Three villages were found to be nearly empty and two were entirely abandoned. The residents were among the 70,000 displaced by fighting between Government forces and rebel movements earlier this month. They have left for Zamzam and Shangil Tobaya Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Most of the villagers who remained had stayed to tend to their farmland.
Future visits are planned to respond to the needs of the population and to encourage returns.
Sudanese returnees from Libya
UNAMID peacekeepers in Malha, North Darfur, have reported yesterday that 120 Sudanese nationals, all male, have arrived from Libya. The returnees are currently undergoing registration at the local police station. Local authorities have arranged for shelters and have appealed to aid agencies to help provide food and temporary housing to the new arrivals.
UNAMID patrols
UNAMID military conducted 152 patrols including routine, short-range, long-range, night and humanitarian escort patrols covering 85 villages and IDP camps.
UNAMID police advisors conducted 92 patrols in villages and IDP camps.
SOURCE
United Nations – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
