Les déplacés du Soudan ont enduré des « souffrances inimaginables, des atrocités brutales » : HCR
Les déplacés du Soudan ont enduré des « souffrances inimaginables » dans leur quête d'abri face à la guerre en cours dans le pays, ont averti vendredi les humanitaires de l'ONU.
Dix-neuf mois après le déclenchement du conflit entre les forces armées soudanaises et les forces de soutien rapide sur le transfert de pouvoir à un régime civil, l'agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a exprimé sa profonde préoccupation quant au fait que plus de trois millions de personnes ont désormais été forcées de fuir le pays à la recherche de sécurité.
« Cela fait plus d'un an et demi de souffrances inimaginables, d'atrocités brutales et de violations généralisées des droits de l'homme, » a déclaré Dominique Hyde, Directrice des relations extérieures du HCR. « Chaque jour, chaque minute, des milliers de vies sont brisées par la guerre et la violence loin de l'attention du monde. »
Parlant à Genève après avoir visité des communautés déplacées abritées dans le pays voisin, le Tchad, Mme Hyde a décrit le Tchad comme « un sanctuaire, une bouée de sauvetage » pour 700 000 réfugiés de guerre.
« J'ai parlé à des personnes qui ont vu leurs familles être assassinées, » a-t-elle dit. « Les gens sont ciblés en raison de leur appartenance ethnique. Les hommes et les garçons sont tués et leurs corps sont brûlés. Les femmes sont violées en fuyant. Les gens m'ont dit à maintes reprises comment ils se souviennent des corps qu'ils ont vus abandonnés au bord de la route alors qu'ils fuyaient. »
La responsable du HCR a expliqué qu'en face de besoins massifs, l'agence de l'ONU et ses partenaires avaient relogé plus de 370 000 réfugiés au Tchad « dans six nouveaux sites d'accueil et 10 extensions de sites préexistants, tous achevés en un temps record. Mais des dizaines de milliers de familles attendent encore cette opportunité de recommencer. »
L'exode du Soudan a exercé une pression sur les pays voisins pour fournir une assistance à tous ceux qui ont besoin d'abri et de services de base.
« D'autres pays voisins du Soudan, le Soudan du Sud, l'Éthiopie, l'Égypte, la République centrafricaine ont dépassé leurs moyens, non seulement en offrant un refuge aux personnes en fuite, mais en donnant aux réfugiés la chance de commencer à reconstruire leur vie en exil, » a déclaré la responsable du HCR.
« Le bain de sang continu » au Darfour et à travers le Soudan a créé la pire crise de protection civile au monde depuis des décennies, mais « le monde n'y prête aucune attention », a insisté Mme Hyde.
Le Plan de réponse pour les réfugiés de 1,5 milliard de dollars pour les déplacés du Soudan, qui vise à aider 2,7 millions de personnes dans cinq pays voisins, n'est financé qu'à hauteur de 29 %. « Le Tchad et son peuple… ont été plus que généreux, plus qu'accueillants, » a déclaré Mme Hyde. « J'ai entendu à maintes reprises qu'ils se sentaient unis avec la communauté soudanaise. Mais nous avons besoin de ce soutien. Nous avons besoin de soutien maintenant. »
Histoire : “Crise au Soudan - HCR” – 08 novembre 2024
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TRT : 5’19”
SOURCE : Images UNTV CH à Genève, images du HCR depuis le Tchad.
LANGUES : ANGLAIS / ARABE / NATS
FORMAT D'IMAGE : 16:9
DATELINE : 08 novembre 2024 - GENÈVE, SUISSE + images du HCR tournées les 28-29 octobre 2024 à Adré, Tchad – détails ici : https://media.unhcr.org/Share/gb03u0dk5hnqrd746ce74016c3744n06
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Glaciers disappearing
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Responding to a question about whether the changing global water cycle might have contributed to the deadly Nepal-China flooding disaster, Ms. Saulo explained that melting ice and rock was just one factor in the chain of events that ultimately sent a massive and deadly wall of water and debris downstream on 26 August, killing at least 1,367 people.
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Mr. Jenkinson said governments need to prepare for “moving baselines” as historical patterns become less reliable.
“The situation 30 years ago is not where we are today,” he said. Countries, he added, need to prepare “for those changes that have really already arrived”.
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