British aid group pulls out of Darfur refugee camp because of insecurity
The British aid group Oxfam said Sunday it was permanently closing down its operation in Darfur's largest refugee camp because of insecurity.
With some 130,000 refugees, the South Darfur camp of Gereida is among the largest in the world. The compounds of several aid groups in the camp were attacked in a raid last December during which a female French aid worker was raped and several others endured mock executions. Oxfam said it had scaled down operations in the camp since, and was now pulling out of the zone because security was not improving. (AP)
