Sudan: Darfuri Refugees in Chad Face Severe Drinking Water Crisis

Touloum — Darfuri refugees in Touloum and Kounongou refugee camps in eastern Chad have been suffering from a severe drinking water crisis for months.

Activist Adam Yousef, youth representative in Touloum camp, hosting tens of thousands of refugees from Darfur, told Radio Dabanga that the owners of the piece of land on which the only nearby water well is located stopped to pump water to the camp two and a half months ago.

The refugees had to drink from pits filled with rainwater, which caused the…