OCHA Situation Report - Volume 2, Issue 4
Sudan Humanitarian Overview
1 April - 1 May 2006


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

THIS ISSUE'S HIGHLIGHTS:

- Access restrictions impede humanitarian operations
- Focus on Gereida
- Southern Darfur
- Update on outbreaks: Cholera, avian flu and meningitis
- 30,000 flee attacks in Southern Darfur

Welcome to the fourth issue of Sudan Humanitarian Overview 2006. 
Produced by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 
(OCHA), in collaboration with other UN agencies and partner NGOs, the 
SHO aims to provide an overview of humanitarian trends and activities in 
Sudan, as well as to focus on particular issues of interest. Send 
comments and contributions to sho@unsudanig.org

DARFUR

As the deadline for the Abuja peace talks drew to a close at months end, 
turmoil on the ground was widespread. Violence was

perpetrated by all parties to the conflict. In early April, 
Under-Secretar-General Jan Egeland, on an official mission to Sudan, was 
denied access to Darfur by authorities. Kalma Camp was without a 
coordinator for the most of the month after NRC was expelled from South 
Darfur state. Hijackings of NGO vehicles halted operations in North 
Darfur and use of UN white vehicles and helicopters by Government forces 
and SLA caused alarm among the humanitarian community. Attacks and 
counterattacks south of Nyala displace an additional 30,000 people,most 
of whom were still unaccounted for at the end month, bringing the total 
of newly and re-displaced persons up to 250,000 since the beginning of 
the year. WFP announced drastic ration cuts due to funding constraints 
that affected all humanitarian agencies.

SOUTHERN SUDAN

Overall, the security situation in Southern Sudan remains calm but 
pockets of insecurity continue to disrupt operations in certain areas As 
the end of the dry season draws near, further efforts have been made to 
support organised returns to the south. The first organised return Bor 
Dinka to Jonglei is approaching completion while the organised return of 
10,000 from South Darfur to their homelands in Northern Bahr El Ghazal 
state commenced this month. Spontaneous returns continue apace, and the 
Government of South Sudan has intensified its planning to return 
significant numbers before the rains. From Khartoum, state governments 
and private groups continued to organiseNorth-South returns.

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