Darfurians refugees in Eastern Chad
Chad / Darfurian refugees from Sudan / Oure Cassoni camp (Head of Office in Bahai said 31 800 refugees, december 2011), 18 kilometers north from Bahai UNHCR sub-office located 361 km north-east from Abeche, located 900 kilometer east from N'Djamena the chadian capital. The camp is located 17 km from the sudanese border, and was opened in july 2004. A women passes along the wall of a family plot in Oure Cassoni refugees' camp. The immense majority of the people belong to the Zaghawa tribe which composes the JEM (Justice and Egality Movement), the main and more assertive darfurian rebel group. A Zaghawa compound is constructed like a maze, with walls and turns blocking the view from one part of the house to another. / UNHCR / F. Noy / December 2011
Darfurians refugees in Eastern Chad
Chad / Darfurian refugees from Sudan / Oure Cassoni camp (Head of Office in Bahai said 31 800 refugees, december 2011), 18 kilometers north from Bahai UNHCR sub-office located 361 km north-east from Abeche, located 900 kilometer east from N'Djamena the chadian capital. The camp is located 17 km from the sudanese border, and was opened in july 2004. A women passes along the wall of a family plot in Oure Cassoni refugees' camp. The immense majority of the people belong to the Zaghawa tribe which composes the JEM (Justice and Egality Movement), the main and more assertive darfurian rebel group. A Zaghawa compound is constructed like a maze, with walls and turns blocking the view from one part of the house to another. / UNHCR / F. Noy / December 2011