Peacekeepers protect Darfur camp amid attack fears

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Source: Reuters

KHARTOUM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Peacekeepers on Monday said they had sent reinforcements to guard a volatile camp for displaced Darfuris after reports of accusations that Sudanese government forces might be preparing an attack.

But Sudan's armed forces denied any plans to attack Kalma camp, home to around 90,000 people who have fled more than five years of fighting in Sudan's remote west.

The U.N.-African Union UNAMID force said it would carry out 24-hour patrols of Kalma camp, "as a result of recent alleged threats of an attack on the camp by the Government of Sudan Forces".

Force spokesman Kemal Saiki did not go into detail about the source of the threats.

More than 30 Kalma residents were killed when soldiers and armed police raided the camp in August, saying they were searching for weapons and suspects.

Tensions rose again in the camp last week when Sudanese interior ministry officials accused camp residents of shooting down a UNAMID-contracted helicopter, killing all four people on board.

Aid sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were growing fears authorities would use the investigation into the helicopter crash as an excuse to raid the camp again...>

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Terrifying! Reminds me of the camps under UN protection in Rwanda.