Sudan: More Than 60 Families Left Homeless After Fire in Displacement Camp in North Darfur
A fire swept through a displacement camp in North Darfur State, Sudan, leaving 60 families homeless, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.
The United Nations agency specified that “the fire broke out early Tuesday in Al-Omda camp, in the Tawila area, destroying approximately 50 shelters and partially damaging others,” noting that displaced families were relocated to open areas within the same locality.
Thousands of internally displaced persons are living in Al-Omda camp in makeshift shelters constructed from wood, straw and other highly flammable materials. The cause of the incident has not yet been determined.
The previous week, the Tawila Emergency Rooms Coordination Council, a local relief body, had reported that a child was killed and approximately 1,500 families were affected after a separate fire destroyed 250 shelters in the same camp.
Sudan has been gripped by conflict between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, displacing around 13 million people and triggering one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, according to United Nations reports.
