More Darfuri refugees are due to arrive in Louisville at the end of March, and because of generous local support, we will be ready to help them! Two donors supplied us with towels, bedclothes, books, luggage, men’s jackets, slacks, jeans, dress shirts, T-shirts, casual shirts, athletic clothes, hats and shoes. Both donors are part of the Sudanese community in Louisville (about half of...
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Displaced population in Darfur now about the same as the 2010 population of Chicago, Illinois; UNOCHA: Over 96,000 people driven from their homes in Jebel Marra
Jebel Marra is the name of a collection of volcanic mountains reaching up to 9,980 feet in the middle of the Darfur region (1), specifically between Zalengei in Central Darfur, Kutum in North Darfur and Kass in South Darfur (2); it has caves and many valleys and is the stronghold of the rebel group known as the Sudan...
In North Darfur State alone, 87,502 people driven from their homes by fighting in Jebel Marra
Marta Ruedas, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, said in a statement today that there are 63,223 displaced persons in the area of Sortony, another 63,223 people in the Tawila area and 2,018 more in Kabkabiya, all displaced by the recent bombing, militia attacks and fighting in the Jebel Marra area to the south...