Komundan Joda, a member of Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly says that citizens from his constituency in Blue Nile’s Bau Locality have been forced to relocated to areas on the outskirts of the state capital Damazin.
The MP did not say specifically who was responsible for these measures. The villagers were allegedly removed in military trucks.
The MP pointed out that citizens were threatened and some of their houses were set on fire. For his part, the Speaker of the Parliament Ibrahim Ahmed Omar called for the formation of a committee to investigate the matter.
Joda blamed the United Nations, European Union, African Union, and Arab League for stalled peace talks on South Kordofan and Blue Nile region.
Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) recently said it registered about 2,825 families (about 16,818 people) who moved from Bau locality to Damazin and Al Roseires localities as of 4 June.
Separately, the South Kordofan Blue Nile (SKBN) Coordination Unit reported that fighting between government forces and the rebel SPLM-N took place on Wednesday prior to the deportation of residents of Derenk and Musfa villages. It believes that between 150 and 250 families arrived in the Alashid Afandi camp southwest of Damazin.
“Local actors confirmed that more people were relocated from Naurania and Moreg villages in Bau, to El Madina, in El Roseires locality, but numbers were not provided. Local informants reported that due to harsh weather conditions, with heavy rains and wind, the situation of the displaced is unacceptable, as people are left without shelter,” the SKBN reported in a press statement on Friday.