1) MRE teams operations in the West Darfur IDP camps are still halted by the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC)/National Security.

2) On 25 February, the Director of National Security and Intelligence Service (NISS) for South Darfur informed IOM, UNHCR and UNMAO that they do not have a mandate to work in South Darfur, to cease all activities and to take up these issues with the Government of Sudan in Khartoum. All UNMAO and contract personnel are returning from the field to Nyala waiting further instruction.

3) Following heavy fighting in Malakal