Posted on 10/08/2011 9:02:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A new camp has been opened in western Ethiopia as deadly fighting continues to displace tens of thousands of people in Sudan's Blue Nile, which lies on the border with the newly-independent nation of South Sudan, the United Nations said on Saturday.
The new camp is located in the town of Tongo, from the border areas of Kurmuk, Bamza and Almahal. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Adrian Edwards said 533 refugees have already been moved to the new camp.
The camp has a capacity for 3,000 people and has the possibility of being expanded if necessary. Over the past month more than 27,500 people have fled Blue Nile to Ethiopia and South Sudan as fierce fighting between the Sudanese army and rebels with the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) continues...
The government in Khartoum has been engaged since June in clashes with SPLA forces in South Kordofan too, another state in the north that is on the southern border. Both states are part of north Sudan but their population sided largely with the South during the Second Sudanese civil war between 1983 and 2005.
South Sudan became the world's newest country when it broke away from Sudan on July 9 as a culmination of a six-year peace process which began in January 2005 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Government of Sudan and the SPLM.
More than two million people, most of them civilians who died due to starvation and drought, were killed during the 20-year civil war in Sudan. Although there were hopes that South Sudan secession would lead to peace, violence has continued in both countries.
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G’night all!
The whole country is littered with refugee camps, yet nothing happens to help these people ... just open another refugee camp and let them starve.
The UN is the most worthless entity in existence., yet they get billions or our dollars.
Ever notice that when the U.N. arrives, more people starve? I think those white U.N. trucks are just mobile black markets, where they just open the back door and SELL to the highest bidders. Or, they just deliver to the local warlords for a couple of packs of smokes.
And the Globalists expect the UN to be the governing body of thier scheme to rule the world. Camps are in our future if we don’t get our act together for 2012
I recently met a man from the South Sudan who is trying to help his people. Please visit http://sites.google.com/site/moseslokinan/home or the website helpmoses. He was one of the lost boys who was a refugee for years while gowing up. He is a wonderful man and the tale of South Sudan is truly heartbreaking.
I don’t trust the UN to keep peace either - Moses said China was playing both sides - and I doubt China was alone in this strategy - helping the north first and then switching to help the south - in other words the UN can’t be trusted.
Thanks stonehouse01.
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