The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

The Global Overview is a weekly update that provides a snapshot of current humanitarian priorities and recent events. The Global Overview collates information from a wide range of sources, including Reliefweb and media sources, and displays this information in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

Ahmed Ali Abdulgadir, the locality commissioner from El Geneina, West Darfur, told Radio Dabanga that seven people drowned in the past two weeks due to torrential rains. Several other people were harmed.

The commissioner said that since the beginning of the rainy season the area saw heavy storms that caused the Kaja Valley to flood. In addition to the seven deaths by drowning, 350 houses were destroyed and several people were harmed.

Key Points

· Fighting between the SAF and SPLM-N forces continued in parts of Blue Nile State.
· After a re-registration exercise in South Sudan’s Unity State, UNHCR reports that the number of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan has been revised down from 171,000 to some 161,000 people.
· In Abyei, heavy rains continue to reduce mobility, affecting humanitarian operations. The distribution of non-food relief supplies continues in accessible areas.
· Heavy rains and seasonal flooding damages property in parts of Darfur.

Heavy rains destroyed more than 200 homes in Zalingei camps for displaced people on Monday night.

A camp coordinator told Radio Dabanga that the thunderstorms lasted for over six hours and destroyed 263 homes in Zalingei camp, along with 50 in Hamidiya camp, around 53 in Khamsa Dagaig camp, 37 in Hassa camp and 23 in Tayba camp.

He said they are still working to assess the final levels of damage.

He said the rain also wiped out some food stores.

GARSILA (30 Aug.) - Destroys nearly 50 tents in Garsila shelters

A violent storm destroyed nearly 50 tents in West Darfur’s Garsila camps on Sunday.

The sheikh or community leader in the camp told Radio Dabanga that the storm, which lasted two hours, led to the destruction of Jebeleen 17 tents in the camp, 21 in the mountains of camp Aradeba and nine in the Jeddah camp.

The sheikh appealed to humanitarian organizations to provide urgent support and shelter for the displaced people of Garsila camp who have been affected by the storm.

Eastern Chad (2 Aug .) - Yesterday, some 100 shelters of Sudanese refugees were demolished during a fierce rainstorm, that hit Bregin and Vershenna Camps, in eastern Chad. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga, that the rains, combined with strong gusts of wind, had demolished walls, and had uprooted trees.

Abu Bakar Isaac, a refugee of Vershenna Camp, described to Radio Dabanga their serious situation, also mentioning, that prices keep on rising, which is particularly stressful during Ramadan.

KHOR ABECHE (25 May .) - Heavy rainfalls on Sunday destroyed houses of more than 2000 displaced people in Khor Abeche who were gathered at the UNAMID camp in the area since the December 2010 attack on their area.