ICRC intervention in southern Sudan

ICRC intervention in southern Sudan

It took two years of negotiations with Khartoum government forces and Colonel John GARANG’s SPLA for the ICRC to intervene in the war zone in southern Sudan. International aid is coming from all over the airport and the trucks are loaded. The victims are already waiting in the squares and are kept at a distance by white-collar policemen. After many discussions with the various representatives of local authorities, heads of districts, police officers, etc the distribution begins. However, a part of the population has no cover and some trucks are still full: an ICRC delegate explains that the established list of people in need has been respected and people are warming up. The trucks of blankets and organizations leave under the boos of the crowd. Since January 1989, an air bridge has been set up to the south of Sudan. A plane is coming. The Dinkas are helping empty the cargo.

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File : Darfur

Publication date : 30 March 1989