The displaced in Darfur camps again appealed to the international community to help them by sending urgent humanitarian aid, as security and health conditions are worsening and the number op people dying of hunger and thirst is rapidly growing.
The Darfur Bar Association conference on humanitarian needs in the region will be held in the Kalma camp in South Darfur.
Residents of El Salam camp in Beleil, southeast of Nyala, reported acute malnutrition among children and the elderly due to the lack of food. They said that most people in the camp resorted to eating locusts and doum palm fruits. Adam Ishag, members of the camp's youth administration said that"each day, a person, often a child, dies of hunger". He added that"many a time, we cannot move patients to Kalma camp due to the lack of money for their transportation".Displaced people in Kassab camp in Kutum, North Darfur, are suffering of the deteriorated security situation and the lack of water, food, and health care.Hasan Mohamed, one of the camp leaders, told Radio Dabanga.
The displaced are also suffering from beatings and robberies on the camp roads."We are in fact besieged by the militiamen."of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in June last year. In the same month, the North Darfur government declared Kutum a humanitarian disaster area.The Darfur Bar Association committee preparing a large Conference on Humanitarian Issues in the Darfur Region in May, announced in a statement yesterday that they plan to organise the conference in Kalma camp.
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