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Darfur female refugees facing rape and violence in eastern Chad

Source: Sudan Tribune

Khartoum : Sudan | 2 months ago

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Sudanese female refugees who fled violence Darfur to eastern Chad camps are regularly raped and subjected to other violence, said a report released by Amnesty International on their miserable situation. Darfuri refugees camp out on the border, near Birak, a few kilometeres from the border with Sudan,...

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Darfur female refugees facing rape and violence in eastern Chad

News Source: Sudan Tribune | 2 months ago

Sudanese female refugees who fled violence Darfur to eastern Chad camps are regularly raped and subjected to other violence, said a report released by Amnesty International on their miserable situation. Darfuri refugees camp out on the border, near...
Report: Sudanese refugees face rape daily in Chad

News Source: The Boston Globe | 2 months ago

Kenya— Women and girls who fled the fighting in Darfur face rape and other violence daily in eastern Chad, even inside the very refugee camps where they have sought sanctuary, according to a report released Wednesday. The Amnesty International...
Gunmen kill peacekeeper in attack on UNAMID convoy in Darfur

News Source: Sudan Tribune | 2 months ago

UN-African peacekeepers drive through Kalma refugee camp in Darfur, Sudan, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP) The hybrid peacekeeping mission has now two years in the troubled region of Darfur conducting patrols including routine, short and long range,...
Darfur refugees raped in Chad camps: Amnesty

News Source: Reuters | 2 months ago

Chad told Reuters there had been some reports of women being attacked, mostly outside camps, but he defended the police and said the security situation was improving in the area. "These women fled Darfur, hoping that the international community and...
Maguindanao village chief survives attack

News Source: Inquirer.net | 2 months ago

A barangay (village) chairman in Maguindanao narrowly survived an ambush Tuesday but one of his escorts died, police said. Barangay Bianga Norte, Matanog town chairman Omar Sumbray was slightly wounded in the 1 p.m. ambush, which killed one of his...
Peacekeeper killed in ambush in Darfur

News Source: News 24 | 2 months ago

One international peacekeeper was killed and two were wounded in Sudan's troubled Darfur region when armed men ambushed their convoy, an official with the joint United Nations/African Union force told Reuters on Tuesday. The killing underlined the...