Darfur: MSF Activity Update
11 September 2008
Overview
| Total Budget: |
26.15 million euro |
| Total Staff: |
2,228 (1,997 national staff; 231 international staff) |
MSF has provided medical-humanitarian aid in the Sudanese region of Darfur since 2003, when government forces and allied militia began fighting rebel groups seeking greater autonomy for the arid and impoverished region. In 2007, the political environment became increasingly complex, with continued fragmentation of armed groups leading to outbreaks of violence and heightened insecurity. Aid organisations, including MSF, were the target of numerous attacks and robberies, at times making the continuation of aid impossible. Harassment from members of armed forces, increased banditry and clashes between nomadic tribes led to new population displacements. By 2008, the number of displaced people in Darfur had reached close to 2.5 million.
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