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Sudanese authorities have prevented aid agencies from getting food and water to more than 100,000 people in three areas in Darfur, U.N. officials said on Thursday. The U.N.'s humanitarian coordinator...

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John Holmes, the U.N.'s emergency relief coordinator-the organization's most senior humanitarian official-spoke to NEWSWEEK's Steve Bloomfield in Darfur about the threat of violence against aid workers and his fears for the future funding of the humanitar

"Located in Tunisia' s southern governorate in Tataouine and close to Libya' Western Mountains regions, Dehiba is one of the two official border points between Tunisia and Libya. Through this point, according to the Tunisian authorities, more than 30,000 Libyan refugees who originate mainly from the Western Mountains region in Libya crossed into Tunisia since the 6th of April, citing the ongoing violence and intensified fighting in their regions as the cause for their departure. In addition, Tunisia continues to receive and assist thousands of migrant workers and refugees through Ras Ajdir border point, with the support of the UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs. As of 2 May, 326,931 persons have arrived to Tunisia, including 31,674 Tunisians, 119,254 Libyans and 176,003 nationals of other countries."

when he first heard about Darfur while flipping through the sports section of a newspaper, "it wasn't 'should I do something, or should I not do something?' It was 'What can I do?'" he says.

قال موظفو اغاثة يوم الثلاثاء إن ثلاث جماعات أمريكية للمساعدة طردت من السودان قبل ثلاثة اشهر تجرى محادثات لارسال فرق جديدة الى هناك

UN aid reaches Central African refugees in south-eastern Chad

قالت البعثة المشتركة بدارفور"يوناميد" أمس، إن مُسلحين قتلوا بالرصاص سودانيين يعملان في هيئة إغاثة فرنسية في كمين بولاية جنوب دارفور،بينما اصيب«4» مدنيين. وتعرض العاملان السودانيان من هيئة ايد ميديكال انترناسيونال لهجوم مساء السبت بينما كانا يقودان سيارتهم

قال "نحن لا نساعد.. كما هو نظام الامم المتحدة.. والمنظمات غير الحكومية لا تساعد.. والحكومة (السودانية) لا تملك القدرة على تعويض جميع الانشطة التي كانت تجري.. لا في المدى القصير ولا في المدى المتوسط

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