NGOs REPORT:

Beja in Grave Danger

In eastern Sudan the humanitarian sufferings seem to be catastrophic. Recent reports by some NGOs confirm that the Beja are in grave danger. Some 27 percent of the children suffer from acute malnutrition and 52 percent suffer from long-term deprivation. Mortality rate was more dismal: roughly 1.4 per 10,000 per day, for adults, five times greater than in the U.S., and 2.7 per 10,000 a day for children under 5, 12 times higher than in the U.S. These mortality rates surpass the international community's crisis threshold, classifying the Beja's situation as a humanitarian emergency. the survival of the ethnic Beja of the East is highly threatened. The life of more than 500 000 is at a great danger. The aborigines need urgent international help.