Return of thousands of internally displaced persons to their home villages in Darfur

By: naserdawi

Khartoum : Sudan | 7 months ago

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Thousands of internally displaced persons have returned to their home villages and towns from the camps within the context of the voluntary return and the rehabilitation efforts exerted by the national organizations replacing the expelled foreign organizations.
The Commissioner for the Humanitarian Aid, in West Darfur state, Mohamed Hassan Awad, told the Sudan News Agency has said the local organizations have exerted tremendous efforts in provision of the services and in closing the food and health gap in many areas of the state of west Darfur.

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