- Year 2010 is here, yet violence, insecurity, and IDP camps are the same.
- In the outskirts of the IDP (internally displaced persons) of Hasahisa in Zalengie, 3 women were raped and a man who came for the aid was killed, reported Radio Dabanga. The assailants, as reported by one of the leaders of the camp, were in military uniform of the Government of Sudan.
- The Chadian rebels ( protected by the Government of Sudan) are still wreaking havoc in the town of Sayah and the surounding villages, reported Radio Dabanga. The villagers told the radio that so far todate 18 women plus a girl were raped. Also there are reports of wide scale of looting, robberies, and violent assaults against civilians. The villagers told Radio Dabanga that the Chadian rebels are acting with impunity.
