Tawila, December 15 (Darfur24)
Renewed insecurity has forced families to flee displacement camps in Shangil Tobaya and Korma, North Darfur State, toward Tawila and eastern Jebel Marra, sources reported.
Families were displaced from the “Shaddad” and “Nivasha” camps in the Shangil Tobaya area, as well as the “Silk” camp in Korma, amid deteriorating security conditions.
Tawila, which is under the control of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdul Wahid Mohamed Nour, has become a major refuge for displaced people and is currently hosting an estimated 650,000 internally displaced persons facing difficult humanitarian conditions.
Sheikh Adam Musa, a community leader in Tawila, told Darfur24 that the newly established “Dabba Nayra” camp has received dozens of families over the past three days after they fled violence and insecurity in Korma and Shangil Tobaya.
He said some newly displaced families are staying with relatives, while others are sleeping in the open at the camp under what he described as catastrophic conditions.
Halima Ibrahim, a displaced woman who fled the “Silk” camp in Korma, said insecurity and worsening humanitarian conditions forced her family to leave. She explained that displaced families have suffered from widespread lawlessness in recent months, including sexual violence against women displaced from El Fasher and repeated encroachment by herders on farmlands.
She added that ongoing insecurity, violations, and damage to crops have intensified families’ suffering, particularly amid severe shortages in humanitarian assistance.
In a related development, local sources in the Murtal area of eastern Jebel Marra reported the arrival of similar numbers of displaced families fleeing camps in Shangil Tobaya, northeast of Jebel Marra. The sources attributed the displacement from the “Shaddad” and “Nivasha” camps to worsening security conditions in the area and surrounding villages.
Meanwhile, humanitarian workers in Tawila expressed concern on Sunday over the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation for displaced people arriving from El Fasher, particularly in areas controlled by the Sudan Liberation Movement, following reductions in food assistance.
The United Nations World Food Programme announced on Friday that it will begin cutting food rations due to severe funding shortages. The agency said that starting in January, food assistance will be reduced by 70 percent for communities facing famine and by 50 percent for those at risk of sliding into famine.