UN CALL TO STOP SUDAN DEMOLITIONS!

Thousands of Sudanese have been displaced by war and drought. The UN has protested to the Sudanese authorities about the demolition of a camp that was home to 12,000 displaced people outside the capital, Khartoum.
Residents said bulldozers began destroying their houses on Thursday morning with little warning.
United Nations officials in the area were barred from entering the area, but heard gunshots. There are reports of deaths, including a child.
The camp has hosted people from the Darfur region for more than 20 years.
Heavily armed policemen and tanks had surrounded the squatter camp at Dar es Salaam, some 40km from the capital, before moving in at 0800 local time, the UN said in a statement on Thursday.
Th UN special rapporteur for human rights in Sudan, Sima Samar, said later there had been reports of deaths and injuries of residents in the operation.
"I call on the authorities to immediately halt the forced relocation and allow access to the area so services can be provided to the population," she told reporters.
Millions of Sudanese displaced by war and famine live in informal squatter settlements around the capital.
Correspondents say forced relocations have become increasingly common in and around Khartoum as land values have soared.
Those made homeless are often forced further away from the city to desert areas that lack basic services.
"The United Nations demands that the Sudanese authorities cease this operation immediately and return to the process of dialogue with residents," the UN statement said.
There has been no comment from the Sudanese authorities about the demolition.

BBC NEWS REPORT.