El Fasher,June 9(Darfur 24)
The spokesman for the displaced people and refugees, Adam Rijal, said on Sunday that 34,000 people fled from El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, to the areas of Tawila, Fanqa, Rukro, and Sortney, which are under the control of the Sudan Liberation Liberation Party, led by Abdel Wahid Mohamed Nour.
Thousands of El Fasher residents left for Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, and the areas of Jebel Marra and Tawila to escape the battles taking place in the city between the Sudanese army and the forces of the armed movements allied with it on the one hand and the Rapid Support Forces on the other.
Adam Rijal, the official spokesman for the displaced people and refugees in Darfur, told Darfur 24 that the number of people fleeing El Fasher as a result of the intensification of fighting until Thursday, June 6, reached a total of 5,703 families, equivalent to 34,218 people, who arrived in the areas of Tawila, Fanqa, Rokro, and Sortney.
He pointed out that most of those fleeing were women, children, and the elderly, who arrived on foot, carts, animals, and lorries, in extremely complicated humanitarian conditions.
The United Nations Migration Organization reported the displacement of 129,000 people from El Fasher, during the period from the beginning of April to the end of May this year.
Adam Rijal revealed that displacement camps in Jebel Marra have increased since 2003, from 4 camps to 17 throughout Jebel Marra.
He stressed the lack of organizations to provide humanitarian aid due to the difficulty of reaching Jebel Marra due to the blockade imposed on roads and paths and the lack of security.
Men warned of the spread of diseases in the fall with the start of rain in Jebel Marra, in light of the overcrowding of schools with displaced people, the high prices of food commodities, and the lack of medicine.
A number of displaced people fleeing the city of El Fasher said that they arrived in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, which is 213 km southwest of El Fasher, on an arduous journey that took days.
One of the displaced people, Adam Suleiman Ali, who had just arrived in Nyala, said that he was forced to travel with his family by renting a car for one and a half million pounds and paying 60,000 in random settlements on the way.
Adam told “Darfur 24” that he saw hundreds of people fleeing from El Fasher on foot, some carrying a water jug in their hand, and some families on the backs of carts.
Schools in the neighborhoods of Nyala city received a number of those fleeing, including the neighborhoods of Solidarity, Al-Nahda, Al-Salam, Al-Wahda, the High Dam, Darij, the Al-Wadi neighborhood, and the Atash camp for the displaced, northeast of the city.
Member of the Nyala North Resistance Committees, Muhammad Othman, confirmed to “Darfur 24” that about 3,000 displaced people had been registered in Nyala North last Thursday in a number of centers, all of them in urgent need of food, shelter, water services, and environmental sanitation.
He pointed out that the numbers are increasing and require a quick response during the coming period.
Muhammad Othman pointed out that Nyala is witnessing a reverse migration of some displaced people from El Fasher and the return of the owners of some abandoned houses after leaving the city due to clashes between the army and the Rapid Support and the fall of the 16th Infantry Division in Nyala in late October last year.
House rental prices in Nyala rose from 30,000 pounds per month to about 100,000 pounds, as a result of increased demand.