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The government of South Darfur state, Thursday, took over premises of the African Union and United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Kalma camp for the displaced people 17 km east of the state capital Nyala.
The handover , takeover ceremony was attended by representatives of the state government and the joint mission of the African Union and the United Nations in Darfur.
UNAMID has maintained the security and protection of the displaced people in Kalma camp since 2008, in the wake of the massacre committed in kalma IDP by the former regime government , which killed about 30 people.
The deputy governor of South Darfur state ,Muhammad Al-Tijani Hanoun, said that the mission’s assets and equipment would be under the supervision of the IDPs and the sheikhs of Kalma camp, indicating that they will be used to serve the displaced and for civilian purposes.
The IDPs justified their refusal of the mission’s exit by not trusting the government forces that are supposed to take charge of maintaining security and protecting the displaced people in the IDP camps.