Sudan: Information on a Popular Defense Forces (PDF) military camp called Jebel Auli (January 2000 - August 2003)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 9 September 2003 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SDN41960.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sudan: Information on a Popular Defense Forces (PDF) military camp called Jebel Auli (January 2000 - August 2003), 9 September 2003, SDN41960.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/403dd2194.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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Information regarding a Popular Defense Forces (PDF) military camp called Jebel Auli could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, sources refer to an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp called Jebel Aulia, which assisted mainly southern Sudanese who were fleeing drought, famine and civil war (AFP 19 Feb. 2001; Medair 20 Mar. 2001). Sources say that Jebel Aulia, Mayo Farm, Wad El Bashir and Omdurman El Salaam camps were located close to Khartoum (ibid; UN 4 Aug. 1999) and housed approximately 70,000 IDPs (Medair 20 Mar. 2001).
In a 1996 report called "Children in Combat," Human Rights Watch (HRW) claimed that the Sudanese army took child soldiers to an army base at Jebel Aulia where they were proselytised and encouraged to become Muslim; however, no additional information was provided (HRW Jan. 1996).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Agence France Presse (AFP). 19 February 2001. Michel Sailhan. "Sudan's Displaced Eke Out Existence in Camps Around Capital."
Human Rights Watch (HRW). January 1996. Vol. 8, No. 1 (G). "Children in Combat." Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Project.
Medair. 20 March 2001. "Update of Current MEDAIR Projects: Khartoum Mar 2001."
United Nations. 4 August 1999. United Nations Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS). "Operation Lifeline Sudan (Northern Sector) Weekly Report: 04 Aug 1999."
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Research Bulletin
Gunaratna, Rohan. May 2002. Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror. New York: Columbia University Press.
IRB Databases
Internet sites, including:
Africa Confidential
Africa Online
AllAfrica.com
Amnesty International
BBC Africa
Daily Arabic News
Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Sudan Update
Sudanese Human Rights Quarterly
Sudan.net
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