Sudan: Militiamen Raid Cars and Camp in North Darfur

30 January 2015

Jebel Marra / Zamzam — Pro-government militiamen robbed two vehicles in separate incidents in western Jebel Marra and North Darfur on Wednesday. All passengers were severely beaten, and six of them sustained serious injuries. Zamzam camp, near El Fasher, lost 200 cows to raiding militiamen the same day.

One of the passengers told Dabanga that militiamen on camels appeared on the road in Abu Hamra. The Nissan vehicle was on its way to Shadad camp for internally displaced people in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, as the group had fled the ongoing fighting and bombardments in Sawani in East Jebel Marra.

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