Food rations cut in Kalma IDP camp after dispute

Food rations in the Kalma IDP camp in Darfur were suspended for July and August after tensions between the population and the World Food Program, OCHA said.

Food rations in the Kalma IDP camp in Darfur were suspended for July and August after tensions between the population and the World Food Program, OCHA said.

According to OCHA, the youth group rejected a WFP profiling exercise, which was accepted by the camp leadership.

“The questionnaire was perceived as containing sensitive questions considered irrelevant to the IDP situation,” OCHA said also said, and added that some believed it contained sensitive questions. “Some community leaders also refused to participate in the data collection exercise,”

It is unclear if food distributions have continued, but distributions of food for July and August were postponed, “pending the anticipated favorable conclusion of negotiations,”

There are roughly 128,000 people living in the camp, which was created in 2004. OCHA also said that more than 90,000 have fled South Sudan for Sudan this year.