03 May 2010 - A four-day inter-agency assessment mission organized by UNAMID, OCHA and the UNHCR to the villages of Guldo and Thur in the Jebel Marra region of South Darfur has concluded yesterday.

This mission, the first to the region this year, aimed at confirming the number of people displaced by inter-factional fighting which broke out in March and determining their humanitarian needs.

According to the local leaders, the majority of those displaced by the clashes have returned to their places of origin after the security situation had stabilized. The mission has estimated that approximately 2,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) remain in the host communities.

Other areas of the Jebel Marra region are still inaccessible to UNAMID and to the aid agencies which rely on the Mission to provide them with security escorts.