He will also visit eastern Chad this week where 200000 refugees are sheltering
He will also visit eastern Chad this week, where 200,000 refugees are sheltering. He is likely to encounter a wall of fierce scepticism there regarding Friday’s peace deal.After two years of African Union-sponsored talks, and last-minute pressure from the US and Britain, the Khartoum government and the main SLA faction signed an agreement in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.But two smaller rebel groups rejected the deal. “I don’t have confidence in the Sudanese government to rein in the Janjaweed,” she said. “And if these marauders are still in Darfur, how on earth can we be expected to go back and live there?”Jan Egeland, the UN’s chief humanitarian co-ordinator, began a tour of the war-scarred Darfur region yesterday. But last month, the “devils on horseback” staged a cross-border raid.
They stole the family’s cattle and executed her father with a single bullet to the head.
So it is little wonder that, as news of a long-awaited Darfur peace deal filtered down to the Gaga refugee camp where she now lives, the 28-year-old did not rush to pack her bags. Janjaweed militia torched her village in Sudan two years ago, forcing her to flee to Chad She sought refuge in a village near the frontier. It is going to take more than a couple of signatures on a piece of paper to persuade Kaltam Ali to go back to her home in Darfur. “Men who use positions of power to take advantage of vulnerable children must be reported and those who are taking advantage of their position must be fired. “More must be done to support children and their families to make a living without turning to this kind of desperation.”. Save the Children’s UK chief executive Jasmine Whitbread called on the Liberian government, the UN and international NGOs to do more to fight the problem “This cannot continue,” she said “It must be tackled. The study found that many parents knew that sex was going on but “accept it because of poverty and the dire situation in the camps”.
Among the underage girls having sex, most were afraid to report it because by implicating NGO staff, for example, could lead to NGO support being withdrawn. “They would not know where to report it as the Camp Management Committee and block leaders were themselves involved in it,” the report said. “During distribution (of food and goods), when these people have interest in some of the girls, the authorities serve them very fast. “After the distribution they would arrange an appointment with these girls.” Sex takes place in distribution centres, entertainment area, bushland and even latrines and washing areas. “In all the IDP camps where discussion groups were conducted, the Camp Management Committee (CMC) and block leaders were implicated.” Another interviewee told Save the Children: “In the camp, most camp officials were loving to (seeking sex with) children. Humanitarian workers and those running the camps were also guilty. “All focus groups and individual interviewees without exception mentioned NGO workers,” the study claimed.
