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The Darfur Weekly Monitor from December 11 - 17, 2011
Four killed in gunfight between militias
December 13: (Radio Dabanga) Four people were killed on Monday when two government affiliated militias held a gun battle in Kidepo village, north east of Zalingei in Western Darfur over a disagreement on how to share looted goods. Two villagers, Zechariah Hamid Isaac and YahiaMohamed Adam were caught in the cross fire and killed. The two dead gunmen remain unidentified.
Two IDPs killed
December 14: (Radio Dabanga) Two displaced persons were killed in Hamidiya camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Zalingei, West Darfur where local militias some shelters on fire. When two elderly men tried to put the fires out to rescue the shelters they were shot dead by the militias.
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The Darfur Weekly Monitor from December 4 - 10, 2011
Rape Cases
December 5: (Radio Dabanga) An armed group raped an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) from Jebelain camp in Qarsla, West Darfur on Sunday while she was working on her farm in Wadi Mara, 3 kilometers south of the camp. A witness stated that the gunmen took turns in raping the displaced person. No complaint was filed at the police as it is believed that no procedure would be carried anyway as has been the case out as in previous incidents.
Abu Tira soldier shoots in IDP camp
December 6: (Radio Dabanga) An Abu Tira soldier (central reserve force personnel) opened fire in North Darfur’s IDP Zamzam on Monday. No one was hurt in the incident. The soldier was arrested by the police.December 6: (Radio Dabanga) An Abu Tira soldier (central reserve force personnel) opened fire in North Darfur’s IDP Zamzam on Monday. No one was hurt in the incident. The soldier was arrested by the police.
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The Darfur Weekly Monitor from November 27 - December 3, 2011
SAF bombs South Darfur
November 27: (Radio Dabanga) The Sudanese Air Force (SAF) bombed areas of Tawiil, Beer Togud and Milli in South Darfur, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said in a statement released on Sunday. The bombing allegedly resulted in the death of four civilians, 40 camels and over 70 cattle as well as the destruction of temporary shelters and water resources. The JEM condemned the attacks and called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to investigate the incident, erect a no-fly zone and bring the perpetrators to justice immediately. A civilian from South Darfur’s Aljorin locality confirmed Friday’s air strikes in Alrehaid Aboutaib and Aljorin localities saying it took place at four in the afternoon. Reportedly, the fire caused by the air raid spread to the plantations in the region.
Rape Cases
November 29: (Radio Dabanga) A displaced person from West Darfur’s Hassa Hissa camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was raped and killed by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday. The armed group allegedly raped the woman in front of her husband after the evening prayers, when the victim was returning home from the city with her husband. “Three armed men tried to rob the couple at gunpoint. When the husband tried to resist, they beat him with a sword. Then they raped his wife in front of him,” a source said. During the attack, the gunmen allegedly stabbed the woman over five times, which led to her death. In a similar incident, another displaced person was raped by more than three members of an armed group in a small farm in Bareerah valley, south of Zalingei. According to a source, the gunmen let their cattle enter a farm. When the displaced girl tried to stop the cattle, she was brutally assaulted and gang raped. Government-backed militias have been accused of committing these coordinated crimes in Zalingei camps.
President T. Mbeki
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Ms Mandela-Machel
“The government doesn’t have an understanding of what it means when women say repeatedly to different people: ‘We are being raped. We are being beaten. We are being brutalized. We are fearful.’ I do not think the people we talked to tonight understand. Ms. Graça Mandela-Machel, Concluding Press Conference, Khartoum, 4”th October 2007
Prof Jody Williams
“Many of the people that we met with in Chad are giving up hope in the belief that the responsibility to protect doesn’t seem to have any meaning or relevance in their lives and in addressing the situation in Darfur.” Professor Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, comments on her Mission Report on Darfur,16 March 2007
Mr. Kofi Annan
“This report demonstrates, beyond all doubt, that the last two years have been little short of hell on earth for our fellow human beings in Darfur. And despite the attention the Council has paid to this crisis, that hell continues today.”
Dr Mukesh Kapila
"This is ethnic cleansing, this is the world's greatest humanitarian crisis, and I don't know why the world isn't doing more about it."
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