Sudan to close down Darfur IDP camps in early 2010: official
November 10, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government will begin closing down the camps for the displaced population in war torn region of Darfur next year, a senior official said today.
The independent Al-Sahafa newspaper quoted Abdel-Rahman as saying that his ministry is implementing a policy of “converting the aid money to a service program to rehabilitate villages through gradual transformation to construction stages”.
The Sudanese official disclosed that the government is building 20,000 housing units for the IDP’s in the capital towns of El-Fasher, El-Geneina and Nyala.
He added that the IDP’s will be given two choices either move to their villages or to the new housing complexes but did not specify the consequences for rejecting the options.
Sudanese officials have long stated that they intend to assert the authority of the state by dismantling the IDP camps but previous attempts led by former spy chief Salah Gosh, defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, former interior minister Al-Zebeir Bashir Taha and former state minister for humanitarian affairs Ahmed Haroun, have failed due to resistance from the camp residents.
Darfur rebel groups today reacted angrily to the government’s announcement.
“The government wants to send our people back to the same places they fled from so that they can get killed again under the whole world eyes” Abdel-Wahid Al-Nur leader of Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) told Sudan Tribune.
“I want to remind the government that international conventions prohibit forcing IDP’s to repatriate” he added.
The Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) spokesperson Ahmed Hussein said the move is a “cover-up for a new crime the government intends to commit similar to the one in Kalma camp [August 2008 killings of IDP’s by government troops]. It is classic of them to do so”.
“This is clearly and unequivocally a war crime what they are trying to do. They are taking advantage of the world easing pressure on them and Hasabu himself is a security officer not a humanitarian one worst than Haroun” Hussein added.
The JEM official urged the international community to intervene and press Khartoum to reverse its decision.
The UN says up to 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million fled their homes since ethnic minority rebels in the western region of Darfur first rose up against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum in February 2003.
The Sudanese government disputes the death toll saying 10,000 people died.
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Dinka Boy
Sudan to close down Darfur IDP camps in early 2010: official
The government of Northen Sudan want to make sense to the people of Darfur because he knows their is possibility of War with Southern governmnet.
North used Darfur during the War to fought aganist the SPLA.
We called Maral( Maralins) who fought in the Northern Barh el ghazel and in the North army.
Bashier is smart, he want to used darfur again for war.
David_N
Sudan to close down Darfur IDP camps in early 2010: official
The SLM leader Abdel-Wahid al-Nour is not doing any business towards rebuilding the Darfuri community.
What’s are you doing in the France?
You are nor taking such a vacation in Paris, France with your boyfriend Mr.Sex-Lazy!
You can talk and talk but never achieves anything suffering peoples in Darfur.
If I were you,
#1) I will bring DARFUR Independence State no later than 2011.
Now is the big chance after the Genocide.
It is much more important than arrest a person under ICC.
Darfur needed to be separated from Egypt-Sudan alley for people’s choice.
#2) Go to Gulf States, North African States, Sahel States to fund raising the big $$$ for Independence States for Darfur!
#3) If I were staying in the Frace, I can do much more than just what is you are doing for vacationing in Paris like you.
Al-Nour, you are betraying Darfuri Peoples for their sould.
DAVID
The Voice of DARFUR
Truth Defender
Sudan to close down Darfur IDP camps in early 2010: official
Where is stupid Oshay, here are his relatives that the NCP, the Network of Criminal people are fucking.
Stupid Oshay, you a Darfurian who is lost.
Abyei
Sudan to close down Darfur IDP camps in early 2010: official
Is shamful thought!!
KingTaharqa
Sudan to close down Darfur IDP camps in early 2010: official
When you visit this particular website you can’t help it but notice the fact that the Sudanese population in general need some serious psychological evaluation, the environment in which the Sudanese society has lived, and developed in is one that is very poisonous, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and otherwise our humanity is defined by a very violent past, and history.