- Title: SUDAN: UNITED NATIONS DELEGATION VISITS DESTROYED REFUGEE CAMP IN DARFUR
- Date: 10th November 2004
- Summary: (U6) AL GEER CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR, SUDAN (NOVEMBER 10, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SLV GOVERNMENT AND UNITED NATIONS DELEGATION WALKING THROUGH CAMP 0.12 2. WIDE OF DESTROYED CAMP 0.17 3. SLV GOAT AMONG DESTROYED SHELTERS 0.38 4. VARIOUS OF CHILDREN ON SITE 0.41 5. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNITED NATIONS ENVOY, JAN PRONK, SAYING: "Of
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- Location: DARFUR, SUDAN
- Country: Sudan
- Reuters ID: LVA2MZVL8XJ2AW4M41N6XZIUHZP3
- Story Text: Sudan police raid refugee camp in Darfur for a
second time only hours after government and rebels sign
Darfur agreements.
Sudanese police of raided a camp in Darfur on
Wednesday (November 10) for the second time this month,
destroying makeshift homes, firing into the air and
shouting at terrified villagers, according to the United
Nations.
The UN said it had reports that tear gas was fired and
the US State Department sources said the Sudanese police
may have used a bulldozer to crush the shacks.
El Geer camp is near the town of Nyala, in southern
Darfur. Last week, Sudanese security forces relocated
thousands of El Geer refugees against their will and denied
access to aid groups. The move was apparently in
retaliation for the abduction of 18 Arabs by Darfur rebels.
U.N. envoy Jan Pronk and Sudanese Foreign Minister
Mustafa Osman Ismail visited the camp on Wednesday.
Pronk said, "Of course the government has the right to
use the police but there should not be undue violence, in
particular not against the victims, in particular not
against IDPs and in particular also not against aid
workers."
The raid came only hours after government and Darfur
rebels, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, signed agreements on
security and humanitarian issues.
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