One dead in Darfur camp food riot

One person was killed and six wounded when residents of a Darfur refugee camp rioted after attacks on aid convoys forced a cutback in their rations, a UN official said yesterday.
Hundreds of stick-wielding women in the Um Shalaya refugee camp, 70 kilometres southeast of the West Darfur state capital El Geneina, attacked police in angry protests on Tuesday morning, said Chrysantus Ache, Sudan representative for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
"Some members of the crowd took on the police and assaulted one policeman, despite attempts by humanitarian workers present to calm them," Ache said in a statement.
"The police fired warning shots in the air and in the confused situation some people were injured."
A 26-year-old male refugee shot in the chest died as he was being evacuated to El Geneina hospital. Three camp residents and three police were wounded.