E11 UNCLASSIFIED ACTION AE-oo RELEASEDINIWHJJ INFO LOG-00 NP oo INL- oo Ds-oo EB-oo EUR-00 FAAE- -oo UTED-OO H oo Io-oo L-OO AC oo OIC-OO OMB-00 PA oo TFBI-OO PM-OO P-oo SP-OO SS oo PMB-OO PRM-OO F69A84 041716Z 38 041108Z MAR 04_ FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0272 INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA AMEMBASSY ASMARA USEU BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY CAIRO CIA WASHDC DIA WASHDC GENEVA IO MISSIONS COLLECTIVE AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI NSC WASHDC AMEMBASSY ROME SECDEF WASHDC USMISSION US UN NEW YORK NY UNCLAS SECTION 01 0F 05 KHARTOUM 000224 GENEVA FOR NKYLOH NAIROBI FOR KSMITH BKAUFFELD MBEERS NSC FOR JDWORKEN ROME FOR FODAG STATE ALSO PASS STATE FOR DRAAD STATE FOR PRM TSTOLTZFUS USAID FOR SWISECARVER RNIEC USAID FOR WMARSHALL USAID FOR SBRADLEY RWAGNER USAID FOR RWINTER BGARVELINK SANCHEZ JBORNS DRHOAD JMARKS USAID FOR LMESERVE SGREEN AREED E O 12958 TAGS MOPS PINS PHUM PREF EAID SU SUBJECT SUDAN DAREUR HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE 2 FEBRUARY 22 - 28 2004 1 SUMMARY UN AGENCIES AND NGOS CONTINUE TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY HARRY MELONE ID 10 JAN 2007 200502144 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED THE GREAT DARFUR REGION TO CONDUCT HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS THE MOST IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT IS CLEARLY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN DARFUR- IDPS AND OTHER WAR-AFFECTED GROUPS TELL OF RECURRENT ATTACKS AGAINST THEIR TOWNS AND VILLAGES ARBITRARY KILLINGS RAPES AND LOOTING THE GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED MILITIAS IN DARFUR COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE JINJAWEED ACT AS THE MAIN SOURCE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION SEVERAL COMMUNITIES REQUESTED AN END TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HUMANITARIAN COMMODITIES AS THESE DELIVERIES ONLY INVITE ATTACKS BY THE JINJAWEED WHO ARE INTENT ON ENRICHING THEMSELVES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LOCAL POPULATION COMPLETE UNHINDERED ACCESS REMAINS ELUSIVE AS THE GOVERNMENT DENIES PERMISSION TO TRAVEL TO AREAS THROUGHOUT GREATER DARFUR IN SOME CASES INSECURITY GENERATED BY CLASHES BETWEEN REBELS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES CLOSE DOWN ACCESS TO PARTS OF THE REGION ALTHOUGH THE CONDITIONS OF MOST IDPS ACCESSED SO FAR HAVE BEEN ASSESSED AS GENERALLY GOOD AID AGENCIES FEAR THAT CONTINUED VIOLENCE AND DISPLACEMENT WILL INCREASE THEIR VULNERABILITY AND LEAD TO A DETERIORATION IN THEIR SITUATION RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSPORT OF RELIEF GOODS TO THE REGION BY INSECURITY ALONG MAJOR ARTERIES LEADING INTO DARFUR AND AROUND THE REGION PLAGUE RELIEF AGENCY LOGISTICIANS OPERATIONAL CAPACITY IS STILL LOW AS FEW NGOS HAVE THE RESOURCES T0 MOUNT LARGE SCALE INTERVENTIONS AT THE MOMENT WFP ESTIMATES THAT ITS CURRENT PIPELINE CAN SUPPORT 500 000 WAR-AFFECTED BENEFICIARIES FOR ANOTHER SIX WEEKS UNLESS FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE WFP EXPECTS A RUPTURE IN ITS FOOD AID PIPELINE BY MID-APRIL END SUMMARY 2 -OVER THE REPORTING PERIOD ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES IMPROVED IN NORTH AND WEST DARFUR ALTHOUGH MANY AREAS REMAIN BLOCKED BY GOS REFUSAL TO ISSUE TRAVEL PERMITS INSECURITY ALONG MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES LEADING TO AND WITHIN THE DARFUR REGION CONTINUES TO IMPEDE THE DELIVERY OF RELIEF COMMODITIES TO AID AGENCIES 3 IN NORTH DARFUR THE UN IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING ROUTES AS OPEN FOR TRAVEL AS PER ASSESSMENTS BY THE UN FIELD OFFICER FSO EL FASHER TO KUTUM EL FASHER TO AND EL FASHER TO MELIT THE GOS MAINTAINED ITS POSITION PROHIBITING RELIEF GROUPS FROM MOVING ALONG THE ROAD BETWEEN EL FASHER AND UMM KEDADA THEREBY PREVENTING USE OF THIS MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ARTERY FROM EL OBEID FOR THE SHIPMENT OF AID SUPPLIES 4 IN WEST DARFUR THE UN REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROUTES OPEN FOR MOVEMENTS EL GENEINA TO EL GENEINA TO AND EL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED GENEINA TO MORNEI SECURITY ASSESSMENTS WERE CONDUCTED NORTH FROM EL GENEINA IN KUNDOBE SIBRA SELAYA AND KOLBUS THE UN FSO CERTIFIED THESE TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACCESSIBLE TO HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES 5 IN SOUTH DARFUR A UN FSO ARRIVED THIS PAST WEEK AND INSPECTED THE ROAD FROM NYALA TO KASS DECLARING IT OPEN FOR HUMANITARIAN TRAFFIC KASS AND SEVERAL VILLAGES IN THE VICINITY OF KASS LINO HUSHABA AND KIRWA WERE CLEARED FOR AID OPERATIONS TWO VILLAGES WERE DECLARED AREAS DUE TO INSECURITY KALKUTING AND SHATAYA 6 THE UN DECLARED THE FOLLOWING ROADS IN GREATER DARFUR TO BE UNSAFE DUE TO INSECURITY NYALA TO ED NYALA TO EL AND EL FASHER TO EL GENEINA 7 WFP LOADED 2 000 METRIC TONS OF FOOD COMMODITIES LOADED ONTO WAGONS IN BABANUSA WAITING FOR THE RAIL LINE TO OPEN TO NYALA KHARTOUM 00000224 001 2 OF 005 ION TO CONDUCT HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS THE MOST IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT IS CLEARLY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN DARFUR IDPS AND OTHER GROUPS TELL OF RECURRENT ATTACKS AGAINST THEIR TOWNS AND VILLAGES ARBITRARY KILLINGS RAPES AND LOOTING THE GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED MILITIAS IN DARFUR COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE JINJAWEED ACT AS THE MAIN SOURCE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION SEVERAL COMMUNITIES REQUESTED AN END TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HUMANITARIAN COMMODITIES AS THESE DELIVERIES ONLY INVITE ATTACKS BY THE JINJAWEED WHO ARE INTENT ON ENRICHING THEMSELVES AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LOCAL POPULATION COMPLETE UNHINDERED ACCESS REMAINS ELUSIVE AS THE GOVERNMENT DENIES PERMISSION TO TRAVEL TO AREAS THROUGHOUT GREATER DARFUR IN SOME CASES INSECURITY GENERATED BY CLASHES BETWEEN REBELS AND GOVERNMENT FORCES CLOSE DOWN ACCESS TO PARTS OF THE REGION ALTHOUGH THE CONDITIONS OF MOST IDPS ACCESSED SO FAR HAVE BEEN ASSESSED AS GENERALLY GOOD AID AGENCIES FEAR THAT CONTINUED VIOLENCE AND DISPLACEMENT WILL INCREASE THEIR VULNERABILITY AND LEAD TO A DETERIORATION IN THEIR SITUATION RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSPORT OF RELIEF GOODS TO THE REGION BY INSECURITY ALONG MAJOR ARTERIES LEADING INTO DARFUR AND AROUND THE REGION PLAGUE RELIEF AGENCY LOGISTICIANS OPERATIONAL CAPACITY IS STILL LOW AS FEW NGOS HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MOUNT LARGE SCALE INTERVENTIONS AT THE MOMENT WFP ESTIMATES THAT ITS CURRENT PIPELINE CAN SUPPORT 500 000 WAR-AFFECTED BENEFICIARIES FOR ANOTHER SIX WEEKS UNLESS FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE WFP EXPECTS A RUPTURE IN ITS FOOD AID PIPELINE BY MID-APRIL END SUMMARY UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 2 OVER THE REPORTING PERIOD ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES IMPROVED IN NORTH AND WEST DARFUR ALTHOUGH MANY AREAS REMAIN BLOCKED BY GOS REFUSAL TO ISSUE TRAVEL PERMITS INSECURITY ALONG MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTES LEADING TO AND WITHIN THE DARFUR REGION CONTINUES TO IMPEDE THE DELIVERY OF RELIEF COMMODITIES TO AID AGENCIES 3 IN NORTH DARFUR THE UN IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING ROUTES AS OPEN FOR TRAVEL AS PER ASSESSMENTS BY THE UN FIELD SECURITY OFFICER FSO EL FASHER TO EL FASHER TO AND EL FASHER TO MELIT THE GOS MAINTAINED ITS POSITION PROHIBITING RELIEF GROUPS FROMIMOVING ALONG THE ROAD BETWEEN EL FASHER AND UMM KEDADA THEREBY PREVENTING USE OF THIS MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ARTERY FROM EL OBEID FOR THE SHIPMENT OF AID SUPPLIES 4 IN WEST DARFUR THE UN REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ROUTES OPEN FOR MOVEMENTS EL GENEINA TO EL GENEINA TO AND EL GENEINA TO MORNEI SECURITY ASSESSMENTS WERE CONDUCTED NORTH FROM EL GENEINA IN KUNDOBE SIBRA SELAYA AND KOLBUS THE UN FSO CERTIFIED THESE TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACCESSIBLE TO HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES 5 IN SOUTH DARFUR A UN FSO ARRIVED THIS PAST WEEK AND INSPECTED THE ROAD FROM NYALA TO KASS DECLARING IT OPEN FOR HUMANITARIAN TRAFFIC KASS AND SEVERAL VILLAGES IN THE VICINITY OF KASS LINO HUSHABA AND KIRWA WERE CLEARED FOR AID OPERATIONS TWO VILLAGES WERE DECLARED AREAS DUE TO INSECURITY KALKUTING AND SHATAYA 7 6 THE UN DECLARED THE FOLLOWING ROADS IN GREATER DARFUR TO BE UNSAFE DUE TO INSECURITY NYALA TO ED NYALA TO EL AND EL FASHER TO EL GENEINA 7 WFP LOADED 2 000 METRIC TONS OF FOOD COMMODITIES LOADED ONTO WAGONS IN BABANUSA WAITING FOR THE RAIL LINE TO OPEN TO NYALA KHARTOUM 00000224 002 1 OF 005 PECTED REBEL GROUPS WFP HOPES THAT THE OPENING OF THE RAIL LINE WITHIN DAYS WILL LOOSEN UP THE BOTTLENECK ON THE DELIVERY OF RELIEF COMMODITIES TO DARFUR 8 UN AGENCIES AND NGOS REPORT THAT GOS MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CONTINUES TO DENY ACCESS TO RELIEF GROUPS FOR AREAS THROUGHOUT DARFUR WHEN PERMITS ARE REQUESTED MSF- BELGIUM HAS NOT YET BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO SET UP O PERATIONS IN DARFUR DESPITE HAVING UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED NECESSARY STAFF AND SUPPLIES ON THE GROUND IN KHARTOUM FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW THE MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS BLOCKED THEIR DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR FOR UNKNOWN REASONS 9 UN REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE VILLAGE OF KERENIK BETWEEN EL GENEINA AND MORNEI IS INSECURE DUE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF JINJAWEED IN THE AREA SEVERAL VILLAGES AROUND NYALA HAVE BEEN DECLARED ZONES BUT THE UN FSO DUE TO CONTINUING INSECURITY THE UN FSO REPORTED INCREASED MILITARY ACTIVITY IN SOUTH DARFUR 10 NGOS CONTINUE TO COME ACROSS VILLAGES IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BURNED AND CIVILIAN VEHICLES BEING HELD UP BY ARMED GROUPS ALONG THE ROADS BETWEEN MAJOR TOWNS AND VILLAGES 11 THE UN FSO REPORTED THAT THE GOS MILITARY FORCES EXHIBIT A NERVOUS DISPOSITION IN THE MAJOR CITIES AND TOWNS GUNS HAVE BEEN DRAWN AS UN AGENCIES AND NGOS APPROACH MILITARY CHECKPOINTS LEADING TO SOME CLOSE ENCOUNTERS FOR RELIEF PERSONNEL IN NYALA CURFEWS REMAIN IN EFFECT IN ALL THREE CAPITALS OF DARFUR 12 THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF MILITIAS STEALING THE RELIEF COMMODITIES GIVEN T0 IDPS AND OTHER WAR-AFFECTED GROUPS BY UN AGENCIES AND NGOS SOME COMMUNITIES REQUESTED THAT FOOD BLANKETS AND SHELTER MATERIALS NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN ORDER TO PREVENT POSSIBLE RAIDS BY THE JINJAWEED OR THE GOS MILITARY TO STEAL THESE GOODS 13 THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN DARFUR REMAINS THE PRIMARY OF AID AGENCIES WORKING IN DARFUR THE UN REPORTED ON EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF VILLAGES AND ATTACKS AGAINST IDPS IN CAMPS MOST OF THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO THE JINJAWEED AS THE PRINCIPAL PERPETRATORS OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS CASES OF THE LOOTING OF RELIEF COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTED TO IDPS BY UN AGENCIES AND NGOS ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON IN SOME INSTANCES IDPS WARNED AID AGENCIES NOT TO DISTRIBUTE AID SUPPLIES AS THE BLANKETS AND FOOD OFTEN INVITE RAIDS ON IDP POPULATIONS BY THE JINJAWEED GIVEN THE REPORTED INCIDENTS OF LOOTING OF HUMANITARIAN GOODS WFP IS GIVING CONSIDERATION TO SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING PROGRAMS RATHER THAN DIRECT FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN SOME AREAS IN ORDER TO DETER THEFT BY THE JINJAWEED UNCLAS SIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 14 ALLEGATIONS OF RAPES PERPETRATED BY GOS MILITARY AND ASSOCIATED MILITIAS AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION IN DARFUR CONTINUE TO REACH AID AGENCIES NGOS REPORT THAT WOUNDED CIVILIANS SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS ARRIVE ON A DAILY BASIS INTO THE TOWN OF MDRNEI IN WEST DARFUR 15 COMMUNITIES STILL LIVING IN THEIR VILLAGES HAVE TOLD RELIEF GROUPS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE PRISONERS IN THEIR OWN HOMES DUE TO ABUSES AGAINST THEM BY THREATS HAVE BEEN MADE KHARTOUM 00000224 002 2 OF 005 PECTED REBEL GROUPS WFP HOPES THAT THE OPENING OF THE RAIL LINE WITHIN DAYS WILL LOOSEN UP THE BOTTLENECK ON THE DELIVERY OF RELIEF COMMODITIES TO DARFUR 8 UN AGENCIES AND NGOS REPORT THAT GOS MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CONTINUES TO DENY ACCESS TO RELIEF GROUPS FOR AREAS THROUGHOUT DARFUR WHEN PERMITS ARE REQUESTED MSF-BELGIUM HAS NOT YET BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO SET UP OPERATIONS IN DARFUR DESPITE HAVING ALL NECESSARY STAFF AND SUPPLIES ON THE GROUND IN KHARTOUM FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW THE MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS BLOCKED THEIR DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR FOR UNKNOWN REASONS 9 UN REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE VILLAGE OF KERENIK BETWEEN EL GENEINA AND MORNEI IS INSECURE DUE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF JINJAWEED IN THE AREA SEVERAL VILLAGES AROUND NYALA HAVE BEEN DECLARED ZONES BUT THE UN FSO DUE TO CONTINUING INSECURITY THE UN FSO REPORTED INCREASED MILITARY ACTIVITY IN SOUTH DARFUR 10 NGOS CONTINUE TO COME ACROSS VILLAGES IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BURNED AND CIVILIAN VEHICLES BEING HELD UP BY ARMED GROUPS ALONG THE ROADS BETWEEN MAJOR-TOWNS AND VILLAGES 11 THE UN FSO REPORTED THAT THE GOS MILITARY FORCES EXHIBIT A NERVOUS DISPOSITION IN THE MAJOR CITIES AND TOWNS GUNS HAVE BEEN DRAWN AS UN AGENCIES AND NGOS APPROACH MILITARY CHECKPOINTS LEADING TO SOME CLOSE ENCOUNTERS FOR RELIEF PERSONNEL IN NYALA CURFEWS REMAIN IN EFFECT IN ALL THREE CAPITALS OF DARFUR 12 THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF MILITIAS STEALING THE RELIEF COMMODITIES GIVEN TO IDPS AND OTHER WAR-AFFECTED GROUPS BY UN AGENCIES AND NGOS SOME COMMUNITIES REQUESTED THAT FOOD BLANKETS AND SHELTER MATERIALS NOT BE DISTRIBUTED IN ORDER TO UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PREVENT POSSIBLE RAIDS BY THE JINJAWEED OR THE GOS MILITARY TO STEAL THESE GOODS 13 THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN DARFUR REMAINS THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF AID AGENCIES WORKING IN DARFUR THE UN REPORTED 0N EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF VILLAGES AND ATTACKS AGAINST IDPS IN CAMPS MOST OF THE EVIDENCE-POINTS TO THE JINJAWEED AS THE PRINCIPAL PERPETRATORS OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS CASES OF THE LOOTING OF RELIEF COMMODITIES DISTRIBUTED TO IDPS BY UN AGENCIES AND NGOS ARE BECOMING MORE IAND MORE COMMON IN SOME INSTANCES IDPS WARNED AID AGENCIES NOT TO DISTRIBUTE AID SUPPLIES AS THE BLANKETS AND FOOD OFTEN INVITE RAIDS ON IDP POPULATIONS BY THE JINJAWEED GIVEN REPORTED INCIDENTS OF LOOTING OF HUMANITARIAN GOODS WFP IS GIVING CONSIDERATION TO SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING PROGRAMS RATHER THAN DIRECT FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN SOME AREAS IN ORDER TO DETER THEFT BY THE JINJAWEED 14 ALLEGATIONS OF RAPES PERPETRATED BY GOS MILITARY AND ASSOCIATED MILITIAS AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION IN DARFUR CONTINUE TO REACH AID AGENCIES NGOS REPORT THAT WOUNDED ICIVILIANS SUFFERING FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS ARRIVE ON A DAILY BASIS INTO THE TOWN OF MDRNEI IN WEST DARFUR 15 COMMUNITIES STILL LIVING IN THEIR VILLAGES HAVE TOLD RELIEF GROUPS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE PRISONERS IN THEIR OWN HOMES DUE TO ABUSES AGAINST THEM BY THREATS HAVE BEEN MADE KHARTOUM 00000224 003 1 CF 005 RTS CONTINUE TO FLOW IN OF ABDUCTIONS AND ARBITRARY ARRESTS OF CIVILIANS 16 RAPID HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS WERE PERFORMED IN THE FOLLOWING OVER THE REPORTING PERIOD TAWILLA KEBKABIYA BIRKA SAYIRA SARAF 0UMRA AND KUTUM 17 NGOS REPORT THAT IDPS IN KUTUM FROM THE VILLAGE OF FATI BUNDU WANT TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES HOWEVER IDPS CITE THE LACK OF SECURITY IN FATI BUNDO AS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THEIR RELUCTANCE TO MAKE THE TRIP BACK TO THEIR VILLAGE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 18 FLOW OF IDPS INTO KEBKABIYA THE UN REPORTED 124 IDPS ARRIVING FROM JEBEL SI RECENTLY THE INCOMING IDPS STATED THAT FIVE VILLAGES CLOSE TO TAWILLA HAD BEEN BURNT SOME VILLAGERS HAD FLED INTO NEARBY MOUNTAINS FOR PROTECTION WHILE THEIR HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND THEIR LIVESTOCK LOOTED 19 RAPID HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE FOLLOWING OF WEST DARPUR DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD MORNEI KOLBUS AZBURI AZERNI AND IDP CAMPS AROUND GENEINA 20 NGOS REPORT THAT THE FLOW OF IDPS INTO EL GENEINA FROM SURROUNDING AREAS SLOWED DOWN TO A TRICKLE- THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR INFLUXES INTO EL GENEINA OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEW REPORTS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY OR ASSAULTS AGAINST VILLAGES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA NGOS SPECULATE THAT THOSE IDPS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO GENEINA IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT ARE DRAWN TO THE TOWN BY THE AVAILABILITY OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AID AGENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OUTSIDE OF EL GENEINA MORNEI AND ZALENGI REMAIN INSIGNIFICANT DUE TO INSECURITY AND THE LIMITED NUMBER OF AGENCIES WITH OPERATIONAL CAPACITY IN WEST DARFUR IDPS IN GENEINA ARE SAID TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION FOR THE MOMENT 21 MSF-FRANCE ANNOUNCED THAT IT MADE EIGHT CLINICAL DIAGNOSES OF MENINGITIS IN MDRNEI FOUR OF THE EIGHT PATIENTS PASSED AWAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER LAB RESULTS ARE STILL PENDING TO CONFIRM THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS MSF-F AND THE MDH BEGAN A MASS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN RESPONSE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EPIDEMIC IN THE AREA 22 AID AGENCIES REPORT THAT 50 000 IDPS RESIDE IN MDRNEI THE VAST MAJORITY WITHOUT SHELTER A WORKING GROUP IN KHARTOUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO DETERMINE OVERALL SHELTER NEEDS IN GREATER DARFUR AND DIRECT SUPPLIES TO POPULATIONS IN NEED IN MORNEI AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS 23 NGOS REPORT THAT PRICES IN EL GENEINA ARE MOVING DOWN INDICATING PERHAPS THAT OF COMMERCIAL GOODS INTO THE TOWN IMPROVED OVER RECENT MONTHS 24 UN AGENCIES AND NGOS PERFORMED JOINT RAPID HUMANITARIAN UNCLASSIFIED UNCLAS SIFIED ASSESSMENTS IN THE VILLAGE OF KARKOLE AND IDP CAMPS AROUND KAS KAILAK AND ABURUMO LIKE HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS IN OTHER KHARTOUM 00000224 003 2 OF 005 RTS CONTINUE TO FLOW IN OF ABDUCTIONS AND ARBITRARY ARRESTS OF CIVILIANS 16 RAPID HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS WERE PERFORMED IN THE FOLLOWING OVER THE REPORTING PERIOD TAWILLA KEBKABIYA BIRKA SAYIRA SARAF OUMRA AND KUTUM 17- NGOS REPORT THAT IDPS IN KUTUM FROM THE VILLAGE OF FATI BUNDU WANT TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES HOWEVER IDPS CITE THE LACK OF SECURITY IN FATI BUNDO AS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THEIR RELUCTANCE TO MAKE THE TRIP BACK TO THEIR VILLAGE 18 A SIZEABLE FLOW OF IDPS INTO KEBKABIYA CONTINUES THE UN REPORTED 124 IDPS ARRIVING FROM JEBEL SI RECENTLY THE INCOMING IDPS STATED THAT FIVE VILLAGES CLOSE TO TAWILLA HAD BEEN BURNT SOME VILLAGERS HAD FLED INTO NEARBY MOUNTAINS FOR PROTECTION WHILE THEIR HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND THEIR LIVESTOCK LOOTED 19 RAPID HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE FOLLOWING OF WEST DARFUR DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD MDRNEI KOLBUS AZERNI AND IDP CAMPS AROUND GENEINA 20 NGOS REPORT THAT THE FLOW OF IDPS INTO EL GENEINA FROM SURROUNDING AREAS SLOWED DOWN TO A TRICKLE THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR INFLUXES INTO EL GENEINA OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEW REPORTS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY OR ASSAULTS AGAINST VILLAGES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA NGOS SPECULATE THAT THOSE IDPS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TO GENEINA IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT ARE DRAWN TO THE TOWN BY THE AVAILABILITY OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AID AGENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OUTSIDE OF EL GENEINA MORNEI AND ZALENGI REMAIN INSIGNIFICANT DUE TO INSECURITY THE LIMITED NUMBER OF AGENCIES WITH OPERATIONAL CAPACITY IN WEST DARFUR IDPS IN GENEINA ARE SAID TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION FOR THE MOMENT 21 MSF-FRANCE ANNOUNCED THAT IT MADE EIGHT CLINICAL DIAGNOSES UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED OF MENINGITIS IN MORNEI FOUR OF THE EIGHT PATIENTS PASSED AWAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER LAB RESULTS ARE STILL PENDING TO CONFIRM -THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS MSF- AND THE MOH BEGAN A MASS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN RESPONSE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EPIDEMIC IN THE AREA 22 AID AGENCIES REPORT THAT 50 000 IDPS RESIDE IN MORNEI THE VAST MAJORITY WITHOUT SHELTER A WORKING GROUP IN KHARTOUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO DETERMINE OVERALL SHELTER NEEDS IN GREATER DARFUR AND DIRECT SUPPLIES TO POPULATIONS IN NEED IN MORNEI AS WELL AS OTHER LOCATIONS 23 NGOS REPORT THAT PRICES IN EL GENEINA ARE MOVING DOWN INDICATING PERHAPS THAT THE SUPPLY OF COMMERCIAL GOODS INTO THE TOWN IMPROVED OVER RECENT MONTHS 24 UN AGENCIES AND NGOS PERFORMED JOINT RAPID HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS IN THE VILLAGE OF KARKOLE AND IDP CAMPS AROUND KAS KAILAK AND LIKE HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENTS IN OTHER KHARTOUM 00000224 004-1 OF 005 BETTER THAN EXPECTED HOWEVER THE ASSESSMENT TEAMS STRESSED THAT THE CONDITION OF THE IDPS CAN BE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DETERIORATE UNLESS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISRUPTION CAUSED BY THE VIOLENCE IS HALTED AND PROTECTION ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED -25- IDPS ENCOUNTERED DURING RECENT ASSESSMENT MISSIONS AROUND KASS INSISTED THAT ENSURING THEIR PROTECTION SHOULD BE GIVEN HIGHEST PRIORITY ATTACKS FROM THE JINJAWEED ARE A CONTINUAL THREAT THE UN-LED RAPID ASSESSMENT TEAMS INDICATED THAT ASIDE FROM PROTECTION HEALTH CARE IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR IDPS 26 THE LACK OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS CONSTRICTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN SOUTH DARFUR MUCH LIKE IN THE OTHER AREAS OF GREATER DARFUR 27 THE GOVERNMENT IN EL FASHER HAS ESTABLISHED A RELIEF COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS IN NORTH DARFUR THIS COMMITTEE COLLECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF MILITARY AND JINJAWEED AND NO REPRESENTATIVES FROM UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED THE IDPS THE UN AND NGOS IN EL FASHER PROPOSED THE CREATION OF AN ALTERNATE RELIEF COMMITTEE THAT WILL INCLUDE IDPS AND EXCLUDE THE MILITARY AND JINJAWEED 28 THE UN IS WORKING WITH THE MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND ITS HUMANITARIAN AID COMMISSION TO DETERMINE WHAT ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE GOS FOR WAR-AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN DARFUR THE GOS CLAIMS TO BE SHIPPING SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF RELIEF SUPPLIES TO DARFUR BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RELIABLE CONFIRMATION AS TO THE ARRIVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF THESE COMMODITIES TO NEEDY POPULATIONS IN GREATER DARFUR 29 THE AVAILABILITY OF FUEL FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES IN THE GREATER DARFUR REGION REMAINS A CONCERN AID AGENCIES REQUIRE FUEL FOR AIRCRAFT VEHICLES TRUCKS AND GENERATORS THE LACK OF FUEL COULD HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN THE REGION FUEL SHORTAGES IN THE CAPITALS OF DARFUR ALREADY LIMIT THE AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRICITY IN THE HOSPITALS THE UN JOINT LOGISTICS CENTER UNJLC RECENTLY SET UP AN OFFICE IN KHARTOUM TO SUPPORT UN AGENCIES AND NGOS IN RELATION TO THE MOVEMENT 0F IDPS AND OTHER RETURNEES IN SUDAN THE COORDINATOR IN SUDAN TASKED THE UNJLC TO ASSESS THE FUEL SITUATION IN DARFUR AND DEVELOP PLANS TO IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY OF FUEL TO THE REGION FOR HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS 30 WFP BELIEVES THAT ITS EXISTING CAPACITY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO TARGETED POPULATIONS IN DARFUR IS INADEQUATE IT THEREFORE OUT REQUESTS TO SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL NGOS ALREADY IN THE REGION TO ASSIST IN THE MOVEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TO BENEFICIARIES IN DARFUR SAVE THE CHILDREN - UK SC-UK RESPONDED BY OFFERING TO TAKE OVER DISTRIBUTIONS IN PARTS OF NORTH DARFUR - 31 WFP STATED THAT ITS CURRENT PIPELINE FOR DARFUR WILL LAST UNTIL MID-APRIL ASSUMING THAT IT CAN ACCESS 500 000 TARGETED BENEFICIARIES WITH A FULL RATION IT CURRENTLY HAS NO ADDITIONAL PLEDGES FOR DARFUR AND NO FURTHER ARRIVALS OF FOOD ARE ANTICIPATED AT THE MOMENT WFP NOTED THAT IT IS SEEKING CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DONORS AS LOCAL PURCHASES COULD BE EASILY KHARTOUM 00000224 004 2 OF 005 BETTER THAN EXPECTED HOWEVER THE ASSESSMENT TEAMS STRESSED THAT THE CONDITION OF THE IDPS CAN BE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DETERIORATE UNLESS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC UNCLASSIFIED UNCLAS SIFIED DISRUPTION CAUSED BY THE VIOLENCE IS HALTED AND PROTECTION ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED 25 IDPS ENCOUNTERED DURING RECENT ASSESSMENT MISSIONS AROUND KASS INSISTED THAT ENSURING THEIR PROTECTION SHOULD BE GIVEN HIGHEST PRIORITY ATTACKS FROM THE JINJAWEED ARE A CONTINUAL THREAT THE UN-LED RAPID ASSESSMENT TEAMS INDICATED THAT ASIDE FROM PROTECTION HEALTH CARE IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR IDPS 26 THE LACK OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS CONSTRICTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN SOUTH DARFUR MUCH LIKE IN THE OTHER AREAS OF GREATER DARFUR '27 THE GOVERNMENT IN EL FASHER HAS ESTABLISHED A RELIEF COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS IN NORTH DARFUR THIS COMMITTEE COLLECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF MILITARY AND JINJAWEED AND NO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE IDPS THE UN AND NGOS IN EL FASHER PROPOSED THE CREATION OF AN ALTERNATE RELIEF COMMITTEE THAT WILL INCLUDE IDPS AND EXCLUDE THE MILITARY AND JINJAWEED 28 THE UN IS WORKING WITH THE MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND ITS HUMANITARIAN AID COMMISSION TO DETERMINE WHAT ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE GOS FOR POPULATIONS IN DARFUR THE GOS CLAIMS TO BE SHIPPING SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF RELIEF SUPPLIES TO DARFUR BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RELIABLE CONFIRMATION AS TO THE ARRIVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF THESE COMMODITIES TO NEEDY POPULATIONS IN GREATER DARFUR 29 THE AVAILABILITY OF FUEL FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES IN THE GREATER DARFUR REGION REMAINS A CONCERN AID AGENCIES REQUIRE FUEL FOR AIRCRAFT VEHICLES TRUCKS AND GENERATORS THE LACK OF FUEL COULD EVENTUALLY HAMPER HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN THE REGION FUEL SHORTAGES IN THE CAPITALS OF DARFUR ALREADY LIMIT THE AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRICITY IN THE HOSPITALS THE UN JOINT LOGISTICS CENTER UNJLC RECENTLY SET UP AN OFFICE IN KHARTOUM TO SUPPORT UN AGENCIES AND NGOS IN RELATION TO THE MOVEMENT OF IDPS AND OTHER RETURNEES IN SUDAN THE COORDINATOR IN SUDAN TASKED THE UNJLC TO ASSESS THE FUEL SITUATION IN DARFUR AND DEVELOP PLANS TO IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY OF FUEL TO THE REGION FOR HUMANITARIAN 7 OPERATIONS UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 30 WFP BELIEVES THAT ITS EXISTING CAPACITY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO TARGETED POPULATIONS IN DARFUR IS INADEQUATE IT THEREFORE SENT OUT REQUESTS TO SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL NGOS ALREADY OPERATIONAL IN THE REGION TO ASSIST IN THE MOVEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD T0 BENEFICIARIES IN DARFUR SAVE THE CHILDREN - UK SC-UK RESPONDED BY OFFERING TO TAKE OVER DISTRIBUTIONS IN PARTS OF NORTH DARFUR 31 WFP STATED THAT ITS CURRENT PIPELINE FOR DARFUR WILL LAST UNTIL MID-APRIL ASSUMING THAT IT CAN ACCESS 500 000 TARGETED BENEFICIARIES WITH A FULL RATION IT CURRENTLY HAS NO ADDITIONAL PLEDGES FOR DARFUR AND NO FURTHER ARRIVALS OF FOOD ARE ANTICIPATED AT THE MOMENT WFP NOTED THAT IT IS SEEKING CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DONORS AS LOCAL PURCHASES COULD BE EASILY KHARTOUM 00000224 005 OF 005 ARVEST 32 AN OFFICE SUPPORT MODULE INCLUDING VEHICLES COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS GEAR REACHED KHARTOUM ON FEBRUARY 25 THE SUPPORT TEAM AND EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY WAIT IN KHARTOUM FOR PERMITS THAT WILL ALLOW THEIR TRAVEL TO DARFUR TO SET UP THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL GREATLY ENHANCE THE CAPACITY IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS AND COORDINATION IN DARFUR 33 CARE AND THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SEND ASSESSMENT TEAMS TO DARFUR IN THE COMING WEEKS TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION AND DETERMINE WHETHER THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS THE UN IS ACTIVELY WORKING THROUGH NGO COORDINATING PARTNERS ICVA AND INTERACTION TO DRAW MORE RELIEF AGENCIES TO DARFUR TO ASSIST WITH THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS 34 COMMENT ALTHOUGH ACCESS AND THE CAPACITY OF RELIEF AGENCIES TO FUNNEL ASSISTANCE TO IDPS AND POPULATIONS HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PAST WEEK THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE ALL HUMANITARIAN NEEDS CAN BE MET HOWEVER THE PRINCIPAL CONCERN OF AID AGENCIES IN DARFUR REMAINS THE PROTECTION OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION FEAR OF ATTACKS AND VIOLENCE CONSTITUTE A PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE FOR MANY RESIDENTS OF DARFUR NO SHORTAGE EXISTS OF ACCOUNTS BY THE PEOPLE OF DARFUR OF BURNT VILLAGES CAPRICIOUS KILLINGS RAPES AND THE WHOLESALE LOOTING OF LIVESTOCK AND OTHER ASSETS IN RECENT MEETINGS WITH THE MINISTER OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS IT IS CLEAR THAT THE GOS DOES NOT SHARE THE CONCERN OF THE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY IN SUDAN OVER THE PLIGHT OF THE POPULATION OF DARFUR ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTION ISSUES FURTHER PRESSURE MUST BE PUT UPON THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THE LIVES WELFARE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AND PROPERTY OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES CAUGHT UP IN THE VIOLENT FRENZY THAT HAS GRIPPED DARFUR HOWEVER WE QUESTION WHETHER THE GOS IS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING THEIR RENEGADE END COMMENT GALLUCCI UNCLASSIFIED                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 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