- Darfuris in U.S.A. and Darfur supporters will hold a demonstration in front of the U.N. building in New York on Thursday 8/13. The demonstration will be in protest to the situation in Darfur. They will submit a letter to the U.S.A. Mission to the U.N. protesting the approach of the U.S. Special Envoy towards handling Darfur problem.
Also Darfuris in U.K. will hold a demonstration in London, in front of the U.S. Embassy protesting the approach of Special Envoy Gen. Gration towards Darfur problem.
- A girl was raped in Dorti camp in El Geneina last Saturday at 2:00. An eyewitness told Radio Dabanga that some gunmen rushed into the camp and raped the victim at gunpoint. The eyewitness said that the police arrested the men. They admitted to having raped the girl, but despite their confession the police released the men without being charged. The girl receives treatment.
- On Monday, in the nearby displaced camp of Riyadh gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked Ali Abdullah Abraham Abdullah who is a displaced person at Riyadh camp in El Geneina. He was seriously injured in his head and leg. An eyewitness told Radio Dabanga that Abdullah left the camp to go to a farm of one of the residents in a nearby village when he was attacked by the gunmen. He was taken to El Geneina Hospital for further treatment.
- From Sudan Tribune: Unknown gunmen killed a Sudanese contractor working with the hybrid peacekeeping mission in South Darfur state, the UNAMID said on Tuesday.
"The staff member was shot by unknown armed men about 4 kilometres from UNAMID base in El Daein town in South Darfur."
The victim was taken to the hospital by a UNAMID patrol where he later died yesterday.
UNAMID is investigating the incidence.
The mission did not disclose the identity of the Sudanese worker.
- There is a systematic policy of the government to settle people from Niger, Chad, Nigeria and Cameroon in Darfur. They take the places of Darfurians who have fled the country to Chad or are internally displaced. This was stated by the President of the Darfur Bar Association, Mohamed Abdallah Al Douma. For Radio Dabanga he explained the systematic policy of settlement in many areas in Darfur since 2003. Al Douma accuses the organizers of bringing in a large number of people from outside the countries to change the population structure and to create political loyalty to the ruling authorities. Al Douma says that returning families will face problems when coming back to their home villages. Last week the UN confirmed that twenty-five displaced families in West Darfur faced harassment while returning to their home village of Al Faiga, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Aid (UNOCHA) in Sudan. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) will raise the issue to the Humanitarian Aid Commission of the Sudanese Government. During the last week, IDP leaders complained over Radio Dabanga that ‘strangers’ had taken their land. They are accusing the government authorities of orchestrating the appropriation of their land. While returning back, the refugees found ‘settlers’ who threatened them physically. The returning families in West Darfur came back mainly from Mesesmenge, Dorti and Habila town to cultivate crops. Some IDP chiefs have been detained over the last weeks after refusing cooperation with the government’s return policies.
