AETION AF oo UNCLASSIFIED E1 9 RELEASED IN FULL INFO LOG-00 AMAD-OO CA oo vc-oo H-oo TEDE-OO IO-OO LAB-01 OIC-OO SS-oo PRM-OO G-OO 3117312 38 3123372 MAR 04 FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM TO SEOSTATE NASHDC IMMEDIATE 0415 INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA AMEMBASSY ASMARA AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY CAIRO CIA WASHDC DIA WASHDC USMISSION GENEVA AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY NAIROBI AMEMBASSY NDJANENA NSC NASHDC AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY ROME SECDEF NASHDC AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE USMISSION USUN NEW YORK UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 KHARTOUM 000334 GENEVA FOR NKYLOH NAIROBI FOR KSMITH BKAUFFELO MBEERS SGREEN AREED NDJAMENA FOR TDY JELMORE RWINTER KALMQUIST NSC FOR JDWORKEN ROME FOR FODAG STATE ALSO PASS STATE FOR STATE FOR USAID FOR RNIEC USAID FOR USAID FOR REASNER USAID FOR BGARVELINK JBORNS DRHOAD JMARKS E 0 12958 TAGS PREF PHUM EAID SU SUBJECT EACT DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #6 MARCH 22-28 2004 REF A KHARTOUM 306 B KHARTOUM 296 C KHARTOUM 229 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY HARRY MELONE ID 10 JAN 2007 200502144 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 1 SUMMARY THIS IS THE SIXTH WEEKLY UPDATE ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DARFUR WESTERN SUDAN INCREASED FIGHTING BETWEEN THE SUDANESE LIBERATION ARMY SLA AND THE GOS IN SOUTH DARFUR HAS LED TO FURTHER DISPLACEMENT OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH DARFUR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IDPS IN ALL OF GREATER DARFUR ARE MOVING TOWARDS URBAN AREAS FLEEING THE VIOLENCE LARGELY PERPETRATED BY THE GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED MILITIA KNOWN AS THE JANJAWEED AID AGENCIES STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH THE PROVISION OF FOOD HEALTH AND OTHER BASIC SERVICES TO IDPS AND OTHER WAR-AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN DARFUR THE UN JOINT LOGISTICS CENTER HAS BEEN CALLED UPON TO SUPPORT THE UN EFFORT IN DARFUR END SUMMARY 2 THE OFFICE OF THE UN SECURITY COORDINATOR UNSECOORD CLEARED THE KRINIK AREA WEST DARFUR FOR UN OPERATIONS THE UN REPORTS THAT ROAD ACCESS BETWEEN EL OBEID AND NYALA IS SATISFACTORY LINKS BETWEEN NYALA AND GENEINA ARE SPORADIC AND DEPENDENT ON SECURITY THE ROAD BETWEEN EL OBEID AND EL FASHER REMAINS CLOSED FOR HUMANITARIAN CONVOYS DUE TO SECURITY COMMERCIAL TRUCKERS ARE ALSO HESITANT TO USE THIS ROAD TRANSPORT BETWEEN NYALA AND EL FASHER IS OFFICIALLY OPEN BUT CAN CLOSE AT ANY TIME DUE TO SECURITY THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED TO MOVE FOOD INTO EL FASHER DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF IDPS GATHERED IN CAMPS IN THAT STATE WFP ANOTHER AIRLIFT 0F 1 000 MT FROM EL OBEID TO EL FASHER TO MEET THE NEED 3 THE UN REPORTS THAT IDPS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO EL FASHER TAWILA DUE TO RECURRING ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN POPULATIONS BY MILITIAS LINKED TO THE GOS GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED MILITIAS ATTACKED 24 VILLAGES AROUND TAWILA ON MARCH 19 RESULTING IN THE MOVEMENT OF 3 000 - 4 000 IDPS TO THE TOWN OF TAWILA TRIBAL CONFLICTS IN MELLIT LOCALITY LED TO THE DEATHS OF A NUMBER OF CIVILIANS FIGHTING ERUPTED AFTER THE LOOTING OF LIVESTOCK THE JANJAWEED REPORTEDLY ATTACKED A REFUGEE SITE 30 KILOMETERS NORTH OF TINA ON THE CHADIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER ON MARCH 18 4 THE UN REPORTED HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN THE GOS FORCES INCLUDING THE GOS-SUPPORTED JANJAWEED MILITIAS AND THE SLA IN SOUTH DARFUR LEADING TO FURTHER DISPLACEMENTS THE UN WORLD UNCLASSIFIED UNCLAS SIFIED FOOD PROGRAMME WFP DESCRIBED LARGE NUMBERS OF IDPS IN KASS WITH ADDITIONAL IDPS ARRIVING DAILY FROM THE SURROUNDING 5 AN ATTACK BY THE SUDANESE LIBERATION ARMY SLA ON THE TOWN OF BURUM SOUTH DARFUR ON MARCH 22 IS EXPECTED TO HAVE RESULTED IN DISPLACEMENT OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS AS WELL AS CASUALTIES THIS ASSAULT ALLEGEDLY RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF THREE SENIOR LEADERS OF THE HABANIA TRIBE IT IS UNCLEAR WHO WHICH SIDE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INITIATING THIS CLASH BUT IT MAY - AND MAY HAVE BEEN INTENDED TO EXACERBATE TRIBAL CONFLICT-IN THIS AREA- THE UN REPORTED THAT MILITIAS STRUCK THE VILLAGES OF BIATRA MERSHENG AND WAD ALMERAM BETWEEN MARCH 19 AND 21 6 DRIVERS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ARE REFUSING TO TRAVEL ALONG THE GENEINA TO OMAR SERAF ROAD IN WEST DARFUR CITING INSECURITY KHARTOUM 00000334 002 OF 004 MENT OF RELIEF COMMODITIES ALSO IN WEST DARFUR THE UN REPORTED THAT JANJAWEED ARE OPERATING WITH IMPUNITY IN MANY AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL EL GENEINA 7 AN INTERAGENCY MISSION VISITED KEBKABIYA AND TAWILLA NORTH DARFUR ON MARCH 20-21 ITHE TEAM REPORTED THAT IDPS IN KEBKABIYA ARE TRAUMATIZED BY THE CONSTANT THREATS OF RAPE AND VIOLENCE THE IDPS IN TAWILLA STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO HARASSMENT AN NGO REPORT ON INTERVIEWS WITH IDPS REVEALS THE EXTENT OF THE DEHUMANIZING VIOLENCE AGAINST GIRLS AS YOUNG AS 12 AND 13 WHO ARE OFTEN RAPED IN FRONT OF THEIR FATHERS OTHER IDPS HAVE CLAIMED THAT MANY IDPS WHO MAKE THEIR WAY TO KHARTOUM ARE TURNED BACK BY GOS SECURITY FORCES AND DISCOURAGED FROM SETTLING WITH THEIR RELATIVES IN KHARTOUM EMBASSY HAS REPORTED ON THE ARRIVAL OF IDPS IN KHARTOUM AND ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT THEIR MOVEMENTS REFS A AND C 8 KEY HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES REQUESTED A MEETING WITH THE WALI GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DARFUR TO RAISE CONCERNS ON THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AND ACCESS TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE RELIEF AGENCIES HAVE NOTED THAT THE GOS IS PROMOTING A POLICY OF RETURN OF IDPS IN SOUTH AND WEST DARFUR- UN AGENCIES AND NGOS HAVE ENGAGED WITH GOS OFFICIALS IN THESE STATES TO ENSURE THAT ANY RETURNS ARE TRULY VOLUNTARY AND THAT THE BASIC CONDITIONS FOR RETURN EXIST IN TERMS OF SHELTER FOOD WATER HEALTH SERVICES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY SECURITY IT REPORTED THAT UNCLA SIFIED UNCLASSIFIED JANJAWEED STILL CONTROL AREAS WHERE THE GOS WOULD LIKE IDPS TO RETURN THE UN REPORTS THAT THE STATE MINISTER FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS IN WEST DARFUR HAS ALREADY ALLOCATED FUNDS TO RETURN IDPS TO ZALENGI HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES DOUBT THAT THE SECURITY SITUATION WILL PERMIT THE SAFE RETURN OF IDPS TO ZALENGI AT THE MOMENT 9 KEY HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST SECTORAL MEETING ON PROTECTION IN KHARTOUM ON MARCH 21 CARE INTERNATIONAL PLANS ON ASSESSMENT MISSION TO KUBUM AND KASS IN SOUTH DARFUR AND WILL LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT PROTECTION ISSUES RELATED TO IDPS AND HOST POPULATIONS 10 CONDITIONS IN MESHTEL IDPS CAMP IN EL FASHER REMAIN DIRE THE CROWDED CONDITIONS REMAIN AN ON-GOING CONCERN THE HEALTH AND SANITATION SITUATION IS DEPLORABLE RELIEF AGENCIES PLAN TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL COMMUNAL LATRINES DISTRIBUTE NON-FOOD ITEMS NFI AND DISTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL FOOD RATIONS 11 AN ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITED KEBKABIYA AND TRANSMITTED REPORTS OF DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AS THE COPING MECHANISM OF IDPS AND HOST COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO WEAKEN NEW IDPS ARE STILL MOVING-TO KEBKABIYA FROM NEARBY VILLAGES THE HOSPITAL IN KEBKABIYA REMAINS THE ONLY HEALTH FACILITY PROVIDING SERVICES THERE IS AN INCONSISTENT FLOW OF EMERGENCY FOR THE FACILITY 12 COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY HAS CEASED IN TAWILLA AND THE UN REPORTS THAT IDPS ARE URGENTLY IN NEED OF FOOD AID AS WELL AS INTERVENTIONS-IN THE SANITATION SECTOR THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORTS A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF DRUGS IN TAWILLA KHARTOUM 00000334 003 OF 004 MP IN EL FASHER 14 THE SITUATION IN SEEMS TO BE DETERIORATING DAILY WITH INCREASING REPORTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES MASSIVE DISPLACEMENTS ATTACKS AND FIGHTING THE INSECURITY PREVENTS AGENCIES FROM TRAVELING AROUND SOUTH DARFUR TO PERFORM ASSESSMENTS AND DELIVER ASSISTANCE IN THE WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTH DARFUR IT IS BECOMING CLEAR THAT IDPS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED VSEVERAL TIMES ESCAPING THE ESCALATION AND WIDENING OF CONFLICT THE ARE TAKING A HEAVY TOLL ON MECHANISMS OF THE IDPS- 15 WFP COMPLETED FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN MORNEI AND STARTED DISTRIBUTION OF A 15-DAY RATION IN AND AROUND GENEINA AND UM HER WFP IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS REGISTERING IDPS IN PARTS OF GENEINA AS LOCAL RESIDENTS OFTEN PRESENT THEMSELVES AT THE REGISTRATION TABLES AND CLAIM TO BE IDPS 16 UNICEF IS AIRLIFTING BLANKETSI KITCHEN UTENSILS AND OTHER NFIS INTO WEST DARFUR LOCAL PARTNER IN WEST DARFUR FOR WATER AND SANITATION HAS REHABILITATED SEVEN HAND PUMPS IN ZALENGI MORNEI AND NERTITI HOWEVER THE WATER SITUATION IN SISI IS DESCRIBED AS CRITICAL BY THE UNITED NATIONS DONKEYS BELONGING TO IDPS IN THE CAMP AT SISI ARE STARTING TO DIE DUE TO LACK OF WATER RESOURCES THE TWO DRILLING RIGS IN WEST DARFUR ARE OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO POOR CONDITION 17 AT THE REQUEST OF THE UN COORDINATOR AND THE UN COUNTRY TEAM IN KHARTOUM THE UN JOINT LOGISTICS CENTER UNJLC WAS TASKED WITH BEING THE FOCAL POINT FOR LOGISTICS COORDINATION FOR THE DARFUR EMERGENCY THE FIRST LOGISTICS COORDINATION MEETING FOR DARFUR WAS HELD 25 MARCH FOLLOWING THE REGULAR SOUTHERN SUDAN LOGISTICS COORDINATION MEETING THE UNJLC WAS SPECIFICALLY TASKED TO DEVELOP LOGISTICS PLANS FOR THE RAINY SEASON THIS INCLUDES ESTIMATES OF TRANSPORT AND STORAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPPLIES TO BE DELIVERED BEFORE THE RAINY SEASON AND FOR NEEDS DURING THE RAINY SEASON 18 THE UN IS DEVELOPING CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR THE CRISIS IN DARFUR THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED BY THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL 19 DR MUKESH KAPILA UN RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR DEPARTED SUDAN ON MARCH 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