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Current HUMANITARIAN Situation
Security
The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the deteriorating security situation in South Darfur is hindering the ability of relief agencies to provide assistance.
From December 14 to 19, the Government of Sudan (GOS) launched a major offensive east of Nyala, South Darfur, citing the need to secure important transport routes. On December 19, an African Union team traveling via helicopter was shot at while attempting to verify the ceasefire.
On December 17, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) national staff member was killed in front of an MSF warehouse in Labado during a GOS offensive.
On December 21, Save the Children/U.K. (SC/UK) announced its withdrawal from all Darfur states, following the December 12 killings of two SC/UK staff members. SC/UK has operated in Darfur for 20 years and was the main agency providing services to Dinka IDPs in Ed Da'ein.