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UNAMID protests officially over excessive use of force in Kalma

September 1 2008 (EL FASHER) – Darfur peacekeeping hybrid mission today protested officially the excessive use of force against Kalma Internally Displaced People (IDP) last week.

Burial ceremony at Kalma IDP camp after the August 25 2008 raid (Photo UNAMID)
Burial ceremony at Kalma IDP camp after the August 25 2008 raid (Photo UNAMID)
The Joint Special Representative of the African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, Monday officially expressed UNAMID’s “grave concerns” on the excessive use of power after the killing of dozens of IDPs in Kalma camp on August 25.

In a meeting he held with the Under Secretary at the foreign affairs ministry, Mutrif Siddiq, the head of joint mission stressed on the need to involve the hybrid peacekeeping operation in such situation and in order to prevent “the repeat of similar incidents.”

Adada emphasized that UNAMID mandate includes the protection of civilians in the troubled region of Darfur.

The Sudanese authorities, on August 25, showed to the hybrid mission officials a permission to enter the 90000 people camp to search weapons. They only asked the peacekeepers to join them but didn’t coordinate with the UNAMID as agreed between the two parties.

Saddiq expressed the regrets of Sudanese government over the huge death tool in Kalam where Childern and women were shot dead. He also renewed the Sudan’s commitment to facilitate the work of the humanitarian agencies in Darfur.

Kalma raid comes as Sudan’s president faces genocide charges for alleged government-backed attacks on ethnic Africans in the country’s troubled western region. Up to 300,000 people have died and more than 2.5 million have been displaced since a rebellion began in Darfur in 2003.

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