Médecins Sans Frontières - INT Walk and Talk Zalingei, Darfur

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Date taken / Date Recorded 28/04/2024 12:00 AM

Country Sudan

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In Zalingei, Central Darfur.

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We have a camp here
that used to have

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90,000* people in it.

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It was a camp for
internally displaced people

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dating back to 2003,

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during the worst times of

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the cycle of violence in Darfur.

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And over the last year

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that Sudan once again
fell into war,

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it was really in October, November,

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that the worst clashes happened

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here in Zalingei.

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This camp faced atrocities

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that are undescribable.

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Mass rapes, killing of children.

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People feared their lives
so much that they fled.

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Everything was burning.

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People fled for their lives.

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And now, there are said
to be roughly

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3,000* people
still living

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in this particular camp.

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The needs are enormous.

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There's no access to water,
no food distributions,

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no presence of the United Nations.

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We've got a few
non-governmental organizations

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trying to help in different parts
of Zalingei.

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And MSF, Doctors Without Borders,

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has decided to reestablish a presence here

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to support the local hospital

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to try to improve health conditions.

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And so I'm going
to describe that for you now.

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One of the most difficult things

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about working in Darfur, in
Sudan, is access.

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And when we talk about access
for a humanitarian organization,

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it has a lot to do with the violence.

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You have an illusion of calm.

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But everyone here will tell you

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that it could be temporary.

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At any time, things can blow.

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And of course, there’s also

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a long history and
presence of

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just criminality, banditry.

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People are desperate to survive
and they find ways,

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including carjackings, a lot of robberies.

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This camp for internally
displaced people

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completely looted,
even though people

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had very little to begin with.

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When the attack really hit
in October and November,

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when there was the most
violent of clashes,

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everything was taken from here

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and very little remains,
just everything was stolen.

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You also have some difficulties
bringing in supplies.

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You're going through

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a number of checkpoints.

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You also have sometimes
issues of just bureaucracy,

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of authorities wanting to have total control

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over everybody that comes in, what they do,

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how they do it,

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and what they do it
with in terms of supplies.

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So, again, it's one of those

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tragic situations
where the people here

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need so much help.

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And unfortunately, the
help isn't coming.

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MSF is trying

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to establish a presence
here.

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There are a couple of other organizations

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providing some health care

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in some of the camps
for displaced people.

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in some of the camps
for displaced people.

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But it's not nearly enough.

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This is a region that is desperate

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for more humanitarian aid.

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And what we're trying
to show here

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is that it is possible.

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It's not easy,
but it's definitely possible.

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And here is what we're doing in Zalingei.