- The African Union-United Nations peacekeeping operation in Darfur has provided a financial boost of almost $250,000 for the construction of classrooms, toilets and water pumps in the violence-ridden region of Sudan.
Henry Anyidoho, Deputy Joint Special Representative of the AU-UN mission (UNAMID), presented the Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) funding, which will also cover the construction of an x-ray wing for a local hospital, to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on his visit to South Darfur, the Un reported yesterday.
The visit took place in the Kalma camp for internally displaced persons, where a school has been built with the QIPs funding.
Mr Anyidoho inspected progress on work carried out by the UNAMID Chinese engineering company – including the construction of two water dams – following recent heavy flooding in the makeshift camp.
At the camp, he met with Sheikhs and other traditional leaders to discuss the living conditions and heard complaints over the absence of basic necessities for survival, such as food and water, amenities and social services, the report said.
The camp leaders are also said to have raised concerns over the ongoing operation of armed militias in the area, land occupation, guarantees of collective and individual compensation for the displaced and bringing to justice those accused of war crimes among other issues.
Meanwhile, UNAMID has reported that the security situation in Darfur is relatively calm except for some minor banditry and car-jacking in North Darfur.
The mission was also informed yesterday that chief Umda of Abu Shouk camp and his wife had been shot by unknown armed men at their house near El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. UNAMID military and police are monitoring the situation in the camp and Sudanese Government police are investigating the incidence, the report said.
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