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 Re: المعارضة الشمالية تعتصم غلاء السكر والوقود ولايحرك لها ساكنا تجاه رخيص الموت فى دارفور!!!! (Re: Khalid Kodi)
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Displaced civilians in North Darfur.
EL FASHER, 11 Sep 2006 (IRIN) - In an apparent widening of its military
offensive against rebels in North Darfur State, the Sudanese military have used
Antonov planes to bomb another seven villages in the volatile region, sources in
the region say.
"On Saturday, Antonov planes were bombing seven villages south of Tawilla town,
focusing on Tabarat and Tina," a local source, who declined to be named, said.
"On Sunday, about 45 vehicles carrying government troops moved through Tina."
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, warned on Friday that
the worsening situation in Darfur threatened to spark another round of massive
displacement that could destabilise the region.
"Millions of people are already at grave risk," the High Commissioner said.
"Hundreds are still dying amid ongoing violence, and thousands are still being
forcibly displaced. Urgent international action is needed to put pressure on
the parties to the conflict and to convince everyone involved on the ground to
let humanitarian agencies safely carry out their work. If things don't improve,
we're heading for a major catastrophe."
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur have gone without food aid
for three consecutive months because fighting and banditry have prevented the
UN World Food Programme (WFP) from reaching them, Kenro Oshidari, WFP’s
representative in Sudan, warned on Monday.
Oshidari said that insecurity had cut off 355,000 people from food aid in August
- all of them in North Darfur. "Most of these people have now gone three entire
months without our help. Their situation is even more desperate because we’re
in the middle of the ‘hunger season’ - the period right before the harvest - so
they have very little chance of finding food elsewhere," Oshidari said.
Large swathes of territory in North Darfur are under the control of the National
Redemption Front (NRF), an alliance of rebels who did not sign the 5 May Darfur
Peace Agreement (DPA) between the government and the Sudan Liberation
Movement/Army (SLM/A), led by Minni Minnawi.
The latest attacks are part of a major Sudanese military offensive against the
NRF rebels that started in late August. Although the offensive initially
targeted villages north of the state capital El Fasher, last weekend’s attacks
extended the campaign to the eastern Jebel Marra mountains, southwest of
Tawilla town and about 50 kilometres west of the capital.
The observer said the army was trying to cut off the NRF rebels and prevent them
from reaching new supplies. An NRF source confirmed that the group was running
short of fuel and ammunition.
Last week, about 50 NRF vehicles moved south into the Tawilla area, allegedly to
join forces with Mohamed Adam Abdul el-Salam - better know as Tarada. He is a
senior commander of Abdelwahid Mohamed al-Nur’s faction of the SLM/A, an
independent rebel group that also refused to sign the DPA. His bases in the
eastern Jebel Marra seem to be the target of the new campaign.
Meanwhile, one of the NRF rebel coalition members, the Justice and Equality
Movement (JEM), is reportedly moving towards the Chadian border, away from the
main NRF force. "It seems the NRF is splitting up," a political analyst said.
Although government forces recaptured the minor towns of Sani Hayi and Sibafi
over the weekend, it seems that the offensive north of El Fasher has slowed
down. Initially, the Sudanese military rapidly gained territory as NRF rebels
avoided a direct confrontation. With the loss of Um Sidir town, however, the
NRF started to counter-attack, slowing down the advancing government forces.
The offensive started on 28 August when the villages of Abu Sakin, Kulkul, Sayah
and Turra, 35 km northwest of El Fasher, were attacked by Antonov planes.
Subsequently, Sudanese armed forces took over the area and pushed further
northwards, recapturing Um Sidir on 31 August.
The military campaign comes as Khartoum is threatening to eject African Union
peacekeepers. The mandate of the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) is due to expire on
30 September and the Sudanese government has refused to accept an extension as a
transition to a United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur.
On 31 August, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for a gradual
transition from the under-funded and under-equipped AU mission in Darfur, which
has been unable to prevent widespread abuses against civilians, to a stronger
UN protection force.
But the deployment of the UN force of 17,500 troops and 3,300 civilian police is
contingent on consent by the government of Sudan, which has so far rejected
calls for a UN force in Darfur.
See related story: SUDAN: Rebel fragmentation hampers Darfur peace
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