KHARTOUM (16 May.) - In its latest report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirms that more than 300,000 people have been forcibly displaced in Darfur since the beginning of this year. It attributes the displacement to inter-tribal fighting and conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and armed rebel movements.

The US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice noted that more than five times as many people have been displaced in the first few months of 2013 than in the whole of the previous year.

An Antonov aircraft “belonging to the Sudanese Air Force” dropped 13 bombs on a village east of the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, on Wednesday morning. A local source said 25 civilians were killed and eight were injured.

The air raid, which took place at 9.00am on the Kawalib village, also destroyed 18 houses and crops and killed a large number of livestock. Of the 25 fatalities, seven were children, an inhabitant of the village told Radio Dabanga.

The EU Delegation in Sudan condemns the attack on 12 May 2013 that led to the killing of Mohamed Bashar, signatory to the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), and several other members of the Justice and Equality Movement-Sudan.

The European Union supports the DDPD and remains committed to promote reconciliation and peace in Darfur. Attacking those who are willing to lay down arms and negotiate is detrimental to the peace process and to the people of Darfur.

CAFOD has pledged an immediate £50,000 to support thousands of people who have been forced into North Kordofan in Sudan, because of violence in neighbouring regions.

It is estimated that 30,000 people are now displaced in the town of El Rahad, in North Kordofan – a town close to El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, where the Sudanese government is providing them with temporary shelter in local schools. Other people forced from their homes are being hosted by local families in El Obeid city.

El Fasher, 13 May 2013 - The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator (JSR/JCM), Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, condemns in the strongest terms the criminal attack on 12 May 2013 which led to the killing of Mohamed Bashar, leader of the Justice and Equality Movement-Sudan (JEM/Bashar), and a number of his colleagues.

The JSR/JCM recalls that this group had clearly stated its preference for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Darfur when it joined the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) on 6 April in Doha.

May 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - A former Darfur rebel faction has announced the death of its leader Mohamed Bashar and his deputy, Suleiman Arko, saying they were killed during an attack carried out by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) inside Chad near the Sudanese border.

Bashar, who led a splinter JEM faction, was returning to Darfur from the Chadian capital before heading to Khartoum to start the implementation of a peace deal he signed with the government in Doha on 6 April.

MARSHANG (12 May.) - More than 46,000 displaced families in the area of Marshang, north of Nyala in South Darfur, are facing extremely harsh living conditions after aid organizations left the area in June 2011.

Hussein Abu Sharati, spokesman for the displaced and refugees, told Radio Dabanga that more than 46,000 displaced families residing in camps in the northern part of the state are suffering from a severe scarcity of drinking water after the aid organizations were forced to leave on 9 June 2011.

NYALA (

9 May .) -

The influx of displaced persons from conflict zones to the south and east of Nyala has swamped capacities of camps in the area. Twelve children and two women have died over the course of last week at El Salam camp in Nyala, Sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya told Radio Dabanga.

“The situation of the displaced is unbearable and the camp still lacks health services,” says Tabaldiya. He said most deaths occurred last week, and that two children died on Thursday.

SIRBA (9 May.) - Displaced people in Sirba locality of West Darfur have complained about insecurity in the camps due to repeated attacks by armed militias. The market of camp Armenkol has been closed for more than two weeks as a result of tensions and security threats. This is leading to a lack of food as it is too dangerous for people to go to the state’s capital El Geneina to shop because of the proliferation of militia.