Sudan: Darfur Humanitarian Forum – Slm-Aw Calls for ‘Declaration of Famine’

Nyala — The preparatory forum for the Conference on Humanitarian Issues in Darfur region, scheduled to take place in May, kicked off in the Kalma camp in South Darfur on Monday. Participants abroad attended the forum online. The Sudan Liberation Movement headed by Abdelwahid Nur reported that more than 26,000 children sheltering in Jebel Marra are malnourished and urged the UN to officially declare a famine in the region. Other speakers called on the UN “to intervene under Chapter 7′.

The Darfur…