It is home to 40, 000 people, one of several camps surrounding al-Fasher, Darfur's biggest city.

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Humanitarian staff have been evacuated to El Fasher town.

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The United Nations African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), the peacekeepers who have been mandated by the Security Council and the African Union to prevent the violence, remain based at el-Fasher, the capital of Darfur.

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