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Sudan: Rising inter-tribal violence in the south and renewed clashes in Darfur cause new waves of displacement

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An internally displaced woman in Pibor, Southern Sudan, carrying food rations distributed by the World Food Programme and other items (Photo UN Photo/Tim McKULKA, March 2009).
Sudan / Darfur: IDPs in Kalma camp at risk from fighting and blockade 

The 
Kalma camp in South Darfur state, which accommodates around 100,000 internally displaced people (IDPs), witnessed armed clashes between supporters of a faction of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) and supporters of the ongoing peace negotiations in Doha between the Government of Sudan and one of the main rebel groups in the western province, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Tensions increased in late July after the conclusion of the latest round of talks in Doha, Qatar, with some groups contending they were unrepresented. Thousands of IDPs took part in protests which led to violent clashes in which eight of their number were killed.

The camp remained 
insecure on August  11, according to the United Nations, which called on the Sudanese government to lift its blockade of the camp. The director of Physicians for Human Rights warned that “without food, water and medicine, the people in the camps will begin to die.” 

The Sudanese government has demanded that the African Union – United Nation Mission in Darfur hand over six people it says are behind the violence. The South Darfur 
governor also said that he intends to dismantle the camp soon saying it has become a “military base and political platform” for the rebel faction of the SLA.

See also: IDMC 
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