SUDAN: IDPs in the cold as slum demolished

MANDELA Thursday, December 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Thousands of people in a slum 20km south of Khartoum are living in makeshift shelters made of sticks and cloth after their homes were razed by the government. Local officials said 4,000 homes were destroyed as part of a government plan to reorganise the Mandela settlement to make it more habitable. Another 6,000 are due to be demolished. "When this is over, people will move back, build and live in peace," said Madut Wek, secretary to the local...