IDPs Still Residing in UNAMID Compound Following Attack

A nurse from the non-governmental organization (NGO), World Vision, attends to a child who needs medication being provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) to displaced children residing in the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) base in Khor Abeche, South Darfur, following attacks by an armed group on 22 March, 2014. About 300 heavily armed men attacked the nearby IDP (interally displaced persons) camp, setting fire to dozens of shelters and stealing livestock belonging to the residents. The World Food Programme (WFP) is providing food and the UNAMID compound provides potable water and health care while a team of UNAMID engineers work to construct a buffer zone where the IDPs can settle in the near future.