Darfur is threatened with food insecurity and in need of urgent aid.
The Programme conducted surveys in Darfur finding around 30 percent to be in need of urgent assistance, said WFP Field Coordinator Adham Mesallami to Radio Dabanga.
He said that families told the WFP about their inability to cover their daily needs for food.
A camp leader was killed and another injured when unknown armed men opened fire in Hamidiya camp in Zalingei on Wednesday.
Witnesses from Hamdiya camp told Radio Dabanga Abdul Al Jabar Ab Bakr Adam, 31 was walking with Muhammed Yousef Musa in the market when gunmen suddenly appeared and began to shoot.
They said Abdul Al Jabar fell to the ground with wounds to his side and chest and died shortly after, Musa was wounded in the stomach.
El Fasher (20 May.) - A spokesperson for the UN/African Union Misson in Darfur has described the security situation in Darfur as ‘relatively calm’.
Christopher Cycmanick told Radio Dabanga that there are still things that happen from time to time such as the Sudanese air force bombing areas such as Gereida, before moving in to fight armed movements.
Hundreds of displaced people have fled back to Neem camp in East Darfur after they were attacked by new settlers on their original lands, when they returned with state authorities as part of the programme of voluntary return.
Witnesses said on Wednesday the old Neem camp residents were taken with authorities including the state governor to resettle on the land they were originally displaced from.
Mornei (17 May .) - On Wednesday morning, five pro government militants seriously wounded two displaced people in an assault near Mornei camp.
An eyewitness told Radio Dabanga that five owners of horse drawn carts went to fetch firewood from the Arrowo Mountains 10 km south of Mornei camp.
As they left the camp five gunmen on camels intercepted them and beat them with sticks and whips before opening fire and seriously injuring two of the men.
The witness said Yahya Ramadan Ismail was shot in the leg and Yasin Sharif sustained several injuries.
El Fasher (16 May.) - The leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement factions led by Abdel Wahid and Minni Minawi and the Justice and Equality Movement have pledged a joint appeal to the international community – the UN Security Council and human rights and humanitarian organisations - to immediately move to save the people of Darfur, including the displace, refugees and rural villagers from impending famine.
Tawila ( 15 May .) - Pro government militia looted cars traveling from Tawila to El Fasher, taking money, mobile phones and food from passengers.
Witnesses said On Sunday and Monday masked militias and others in army uniforms looted ten cars, beating the passengers before stealing their belongings.
They said three people suffered head injuries in the attacks.
Displaced people in Tawila camps have also reportedly been suffering random attacks from Abu Tira (central reserve forces).
Tawila ( 15 May .) - A man was killed and eight others wounded in air strikes south of Tawila, North Darfur.
A resident described his life as 'hell' due to the ongoing aerial bombardment by the Sudanese air force in Numeira, Kouto, Dali, Crowla and Masalit areas of Tawila last Friday to Sunday.
He said Muhammed Ab Bakr Muhammed was killed and Fatima Abdullah, Hawa’ Abbaker Yagoub, Maymuna Yahya Abbaker, Mariam Hassan Juma, Abdul Qader Saleh and two children Nur Eldaim Saleh and Ibrahim Musa Saleh, Haroun, Adam Saleh Issa were injured in the attacks.
Zam Zam camp for displaced people near El Fasher is facing an acute water crisis as the price of a barrel of water has reached 12 Sudanese pounds.
Activists at the camp told Radio Dabanga that the approaching summer and intense heat has increased the camp’s need for water, along with the short operating duration of the eight water stations in the camp, currently one hour in the morning and two hours in the evening.
They said the increase in the number of camp residents is also adding pressure to the water sources.
Leader of ten camps in El Geneina have said the government through the Humanitarian Aid Commission, has told foreign organisations working at the camp that they must leave after June 30.
After this date the organisations will be expected to hand over work to displaced residents and permanently exit the camps.
A camp leader told Radio Dabanga that this ‘unfair decision will end health centres, water services, housing construction and various vocational training centres operated by these organisations.’
High food prices and the withdrawal of food rations is causing a humanitarian crisis that could become a disaster in El Geneina camps, in West Darfur.
Leaders of Tunjaki, Kendebe, Beer Dagig, Serba, Abu Suruj, Saraf Jidad, Armenkol, Ban Jadeed, Munjura and Sileya told Radio Dabanga that the camps have had no humanitarian aid since last October, describing the food situation as ‘catastrophic’ and requiring urgent action.
Citizens of Kabkabiya in North Darfur and Mershing in South Darfur have complained of the miserable conditions due to the rising costs of consumer goods.
Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that a pound of sugar has reached three Sudanese pounds, a bottle of cooking oil 15 SDG, a kilo of lamb at 30 SDG and a kilo of beef 25 SDG.
They said the majority of families are surviving on one meal a day, which is expected to cause serious problems and malnutrition amongst those particularly vulnerable such as mothers, children and the elderly.
The Sudan Liberation Movement for justice led by Kerubino said government forces burned down Numeira village, east of Jebel Marra on Wednesday.
Millitary spokesman for the movement Muhammed Ahmed Yaqub told Radio Dabanga that the army destroyed the water supply and killed three people. The rest of the villagers fled to the nearby mountains for refuge.
He said the SLM-J and the Justice and Equality Movement intervened to protect civilians and fougth government troops.
Two herders were injured and more than 80 sheep killed when an Antonov plane dropped four bombs on a valley near Labadu in South Darfur this morning.
Witnesses from Labadu told Radio Dabanga that El Tom Bakhit and Abdel Aziz were herding their sheep when a Sudanese army plane dropped the bombs. The two men were taken to hospital in Nyala for treatment.
They added that there are no armed rebel movements operating in the area and asked why they were targeted in a civilian area.
Doro (9 May .) - A number of Darfuri refugees at Doro camp in Upper Nile, South Sudan have told Radio Dabanga about their ongoing suffering and tragedy of displacement after fleeing from Darfur to Blue Nile in search of refuge.
They said they were forced to flee again from Blue Nile last September when the government started heavily shelling the state.
At first they took shelter in camps in Ethiopia before moving again to Doro camp.
They complained of the lack of services and assistance caused by the government's blockade on humanitarian aid into the camps.
The joint force of the Sudan Revolutionary Front led by the two factions of the Sudan Liberation Movement (Abdel Wahid and Minni Minawi) today withdrew from Gereida which it claimed to take control of on Tuesday.
The military spokesman of the SLM-AW said the attack on Gereida killed 17 soldiers, destroyed a tank and six trucks along with the army's weapon stores.
He added that many soldiers took shelter at the UN/African Union Mission in Darfur's headquarters.
A group of displaced people from 10 camps across El Geneina said the World Food Programme told them on Monday that their rations of maize will be reduced by 50 percent.
They said this have caused widespread discontent in the camps that are already suffering from food shortages and hunger.
A camp leader that attended the meeting told Radio Dabanga that the WFP representatives justified the reduced ration by not being able to transport the required quantities, as truck drivers are reluctant to move around with the current security situation.
Displaced people in Kassab camp in North Darfur have described their current condition as 'famine', due to the reduction in food provided by the World Food Programme and the unprecedented high prices of food at the market.
An activist from Kassab told Radio Dabanga that many families are now eating berries and nuts as they are unable to survive on the reduced rations.
He said the WFP rations per person, per month only last for 15 days, and as camp residents have no sources of income they cannot go to buy food from the market.
Gereida camp (6 May .) - A group of 15 gunmen traveling on camels shot two men dead on Friday in Absafariq, three km from Gereida camp, South Darfur.
Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that Muhammed Adam and Mahjoub Ab Bakr were clearing farms at Absafariq with three other displaced people when they were attacked.
The gunmen tried to steal their donkeys and were shot dead when they tried to resist, the other three managed to escape.
