SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Darfur displaced resume protests against exit of UNAMID

26/12/2020: Multiple sources – Darfur displaced resume protests against exit of UNAMID

• Sudan Tribune

• Radio Dabanga

 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur have called for more sit-ins to prevent the 31 December withdrawal of UN-African peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

The General Coordination of the Displaced and Refugee Camps issued a statement that UNAMID’s withdrawal cannot pre-empt comprehensive peace, security, disarmed militias, expelled settlers from IDP lands and hand-over of war criminals to the International Criminal Court.

Sheikh Ishag Abdallah, head of Kalma camp, told Radio Dabanga that the decision to stop UNAMID’s work by the end of the year “is unacceptable in light of the current security situation”. He warned for further deterioration of the situation after the withdrawal of the UNAMID peacekeepers, and called for “alternative international protection if the mission will have to withdraw”.