srra update for february through march 5, 2013

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Blue Nile Humanitarian Coordination Office

Summary of the Humanitarian and Human Rights Situation (Feb March 2013)

Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SRRA)


Humanitarian & Human Rights updates \ February 5th. March.2013

Introduction:

The Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SRRA) is operating in the SPLM\N held areas, its

main role included and not limited to monitor and updating both INGOs & LNGOs about the

humanitarian statues in SPLM\N controlled areas and the refugees camps in Ethiopia and SouthSudan.

Despite the obvious difficulties involved in monitoring and verifying informations from theconflict area of Blue Nile, the SRRA teams are playing major roles to make visible the scale of

atrocities and the suffering civilians are facing. The update covers the period from February 2013to March 5th. 2013. The summary below is based on SRRA delegated team reports during thesurveying visits to Mofu in the south west of kurmuk after its fall into the hands of the SPLA

forces on Feb 20th 2013, the observations and information are collected from refugees and

Internally Displaced People (IDPs). In addition to recommendations, this one months updatehighlights the impacts of the current Sudan Army Forces (SAF) summer military campaigns and

the allied (NCP) militias upon IDPs and refugees situations also track the new civilian

movements whom are fleeing SAF troops ground offensives and indiscriminate aerial

bombardment.

The Sudanese army and the allied militias have re-started a military season campaign targeting

SPLM-N controlled areas in Blue Nile State. The campaign came as an immediate response toBashiers statement on February 7, 2013 that he will not negotiate peace with SPLM-N, refusing

to comply with UNSC Resolution 2046 and reiterating his speech to public gathering in Damazin

the capital of Blue Nile State on the first of January 2013, where he promised to clean the statefrom the rebels. The new military campaign which planned to take place during negotiation

period will increase the vulnerability of the IDPs who depend only on leaves and roots of trees

and limited source of drinking water to survive. However, this new status will reproduce the

tragedy of the civilians to start again from zero to manage their survival limited tool where thenew displacement means new search for food items, water and protection.

The impact of the recent military offensives upon civil population:

1. On Feb 23rd 2013, indiscriminate aerial bombardment on Ura and Yabus caused Damageson farms and completely burned small huts belonging to the civilian population.

2. On February 4th2013, 13 SPLM detainees were released after they spent 17 months in theprison of Sudan in Sinja & Arruserris, still 84 SPLM/N members in detention up to now.

3. On Feb 10th 2013, 35 families arrived to Tanfona in south western part of KurmukCounty from Baldgu area in Baw County after SAF attacked their villages.

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4. From Feb 16th to 23rd 2013 the IDPS number increased as a consequence of the current

military summer campaign.

5. On Feb 23rd 2013 indiscriminate aerial bombardments by Antinov airplane alover the ares

north and south west of Kurmuk have killed 3 people and 5 others wounded.

6. On Feb 24th 18 families crossed the border to Doro refuges camp in South Sudan.

7. On Feb 20th 2013 SPLM/N troops re-controlled Mufo area 20 hours fighting form SAF.

8. On March 4th 2013 aerial bombardment targeted Yabus Bala and Muguf areas tragically 5

persons were killed 2 kids among them, also 4 persons were injured, causing higheralarming and instability among the civilians in the villages around yabus and Muguf.

IDPs situation update:

The SRRA teams reports from the ground confirmed that wave of internal displacements from

the areas that located in the North/West of Kurmuk County took place, these new IDPs influx

that fled the military aggression on their original villages of Wadaka, Baldugu and Gozs. ThoseIDPs temporarily settled in the areas south of Kurmuk namely in the villages of Muguf, Chali

and Mayak, the total number of those IDPs estimated to be around 10,000 persons, most of themare women, elders and children, they are in desperate need for NFIs, food distribution and

medical attention. The most vulnerable are children and elders, malnutrition cases are observed

among this category of IDPs.

Refugees situation update:

In general the security in the refugees camps in South Sudan is good, some cases of competitions

over access to natural resources is observed in-between the refugees and host communities but

the SRRA representatives and the local authorities were able to resolve these cases. The hepatitisE epidemic is on rises which represent the main concern and caused frustrations among refuges

communities, in addition to that more malnutrition cases among children registered; also it isobserved that the motorbikes incidents reported increased, as these motorbikes are the only

means of transportation in the camps the frequent incidents have caused more fears. For instance

last week the refugee Jalal Bilal Jawal and his brother have lost their lives due to motorbike

incident on the way from Doro to Jamam refugees camp.

The people who crossed the borders from Gessan area toward Ethiopia are facing difficulties as

the government of Sudan prevents them from reaching the refugees camp, some of them werekilled and others were forced to go back. The much cold weather caused number of infections

among the refugees. Reports from the camps in Ethiopia suggest that the Sudan government

attempts to send delegations headed by a head of traditional Chief Muck Yousif Adalan orwhoever to refugees camps in order to mobilize these camps populations for immediate return

will cause tension and risk the peaceful co-existence within these camps.

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Recommendations:

- SRRA-Blue Nile Humanitarian Coordination Office urge the international community,the region governments and regional organizations to practice more pressure on the

Sudan government to postpone all indiscriminate military offensives and allow free

access for the humanitarian workers to deliver aid and provide protection to civilpopulation in the war affected areas.

- SRRA-Blue Nile Humanitarian Coordination Office is deeply concerned about the fate of

the detainees remained in the hands of Sudan government security organs and call for

their rights to have access to legal aid or get released as their case is political.

- SRRA-Blue Nile Humanitarian Coordination Office call for improved health care andfood distribution to safe lives in the refugees camps in South Sudan and SPLM\N areas.

- SRRA-Blue Nile Humanitarian Coordination Office call for suspension of the Sudangovernments attempts to enter the refugees camps to mobilize populations in these

camps for immediate returns, suspension of visit would maintain security, ease tension

and support peaceful co-existence within these camps.

- SRRA recommends more efforts of host community \ Refugees reconciliations.

- SRRA recommends establishing of new schools in the refugees camps.

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