Weeks after fighting between government and rebel forces in North Darfur, aid workers have yet to reach thousands of displaced civilians who sought refuge in nearby mountains and forests.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which sent a team to areas north and west of Disa and Birmaza, found that the majority of those displaced had gone to villages where they had access to some food and shelter.
“But there are some who are in the middle of nowhere – not a village, not a well, not a field, nothing,” Giuliano Vascotto, head of the ICRC in North Darfur, told IRIN. “This is the worrying minority.”
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