Darfur attacks force evacuations
Attacks on Darfur aid workers’ compounds in Gereida have forced the evacuation of 71 staff members and restricted humanitarian aid reaching the region’s largest population of war victims, officials said.
About 20 armed men launched a coordinated attack in the town Monday, seizing a dozen vehicles and communications equipment. It was the biggest single attack on the Darfur aid operation since it began helping 3 million victims of the conflict in remote western Sudan in early 2004.
The 71 workers were evacuated Tuesday.
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