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CHAD–SUDAN: Aid Workers Withdraw

CHAD–SUDAN: Aid Workers Withdraw A health crisis looms as the turmoil continues. More than 300,000 Sudanese refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and local villagers in eastern Chad are facing a potential health crisis following the withdrawal of many humanitarian workers in the face of ongoing military movements, rebel attacks and inter‐communal tensions, United Nations ( UN ) agencies warned. ‘‘Many people living in camps and local communities have little access to health care and their situation could deteriorate quickly’’, the UN World Health Organisation ( WHO ) said. ‘‘Due to the reduced humanitarian health assistance, the health status of refugees and IDPs can rapidly deteriorate. The increase in the local population has overstretched the capacity of health services and aid agencies, while supply chains have been affected.’’ The UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) reported that the situation remained extremely volatile. ‘‘We are working to ensure the basic needs of refugees such as water, food and primary health services are met while we continue the relocation of staff from the three northern locations of Bahai, Iriba and Guereda to the main eastern town of Abeche or the Chadian capital N'Djamena’’, UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis told a news briefing in Geneva. ‘‘We are keeping skeleton teams in place in these locations, where 110,000 refugees live in six camps’’, she added, noting that over 400 international and local humanitarian staff had been relocated in the past 12 days, with 100 more still waiting to be moved from Guereda. The overall situation of 218,000 refugees from Sudan's war‐torn Darfur region, 90,000 displaced Chadians and thousands of villagers took a serious turn for the worse in late November when Abeche, hub for relief efforts, was occupied by rebel forces, then retaken by Government troops. During the turmoil the main UN relief supply warehouses were pillaged, reportedly by local residents. Since then military movements and armed attacks in the region have continued to cause havoc. ( UN News Service, New York, 8/12 ) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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A health crisis looms as the turmoil continues. More than 300,000 Sudanese refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and local villagers in eastern Chad are facing a potential health crisis following the withdrawal of many humanitarian workers in the face of ongoing military movements, rebel attacks and inter‐communal tensions, United Nations ( UN ) agencies warned. ‘‘Many people living in camps and local communities have little access to health care and their situation could deteriorate quickly’’, the UN World Health Organisation ( WHO ) said. ‘‘Due to the reduced humanitarian health assistance, the health status of refugees and IDPs can rapidly deteriorate. The increase in the local population has overstretched the capacity of health services and aid agencies, while supply chains have been affected.’’ The UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) reported that the situation remained extremely volatile. ‘‘We are working to ensure the basic needs of refugees such as water, food and primary health services are met while we continue the relocation of staff from the three northern locations of Bahai, Iriba and Guereda to the main eastern town of Abeche or the Chadian capital N'Djamena’’, UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis told a news briefing in Geneva. ‘‘We are keeping skeleton teams in place in these locations, where 110,000 refugees live in six camps’’, she added, noting that over 400 international and local humanitarian staff had been relocated in the past 12 days, with 100 more still waiting to be moved from Guereda. The overall situation of 218,000 refugees from Sudan's war‐torn Darfur region, 90,000 displaced Chadians and thousands of villagers took a serious turn for the worse in late November when Abeche, hub for relief efforts, was occupied by rebel forces, then retaken by Government troops. During the turmoil the main UN relief supply warehouses were pillaged, reportedly by local residents. Since then military movements and armed attacks in the region have continued to cause havoc. ( UN News Service, New York, 8/12 )

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Published: Jan 1, 2007

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