Thia is some of what is going on in Darfur:
- Since Wednesday 16th of Feb., Government of Sudan is bombing villages east of Jebel Marra: Tukumary, Hashaba, Wadi Murrah, and Dali. 3 women and 2 children were reported to be killed so far. Many animals were killed. All the water sources were targetted and destroyed completely as reported by the Omda and other community leaders.
- On Tuesday Feb. 15th, GoS militias attacked and burned down IDP camp of Draisai in Central Darfur. Over 13 thousands (including women and children) fled the camp. Eyewitness said there were reports of casualties.
- on Tuesday Feb. 15th, IDP camp of Shaddad near Shangel Tobai was attacked by GoS Militias and partially set on fire, causing some refugees to flee the camp.
- There is methodical and planned attacks by GoS and its militias targeting the ethnicity of Zaghawa tribe. In Shangel Tobai there were incidents of killings of Zaghawa individuals and families. The properties of Zaghawa merchants in the market (stores) were confiscated by GoS military and given to other individuals and families pro-government changing ownership papers and changing the block numbers on the buildings. There are intentional plans to keep Darfur perpetually unstable and impoverish its people into submissiveness or death.
- From private source: On Feb. 13, Ali Karti (Foreign Minister and one of the leaders of the government Popular Defense Troops) held a meeting with selected pro-government journalists and among other points he has stated the following:
* "Sudan position internationally is becoming better especially in the light of improving contacts with the U.S. Government. we are optimistic that for the first time in the 2 decades that our name will be cleared with regard to the ill-treatment by U.S. Administrations, our name will soon be removed fro the State Sponsoring Terrorism List. Now we stand good chance that our name will be cleared from the ICC too".
* "We will keep negotiating with the Darfuris to appease the international community, but we will keep hitting them [the Darfuris] very hard on the ground> We have now as I speak to you, 8 brigades of our Popular Defense Troops in Darfur, and 2 additional brigades of PDT on the borders between Darfur and Bahr Alghazal (neighboring state of South Sudan)".
