UN evacuates Darfur camp after attack

KALMA CAMP, Sudan, May 8 (Reuters) U N humanitarian chief Jan Egeland, aid workers and journalists were forced to evacuate a refugee camp in Darfur today after a demonstration spun out of control and an aid worker was attacked.

The melee at the Kalma Camp in South Darfur occurred after thousands of Darfuris were protesting to demand international troops be posted there to protect them.

The violence began when a female refugee shouted that an aid worker was a member of the Janjaweed militia. The crowd then attacked a U N vehicle with axes and stones, shattering its windows.

The U N entourage and journalists travelling with Egeland left the camp and to return to Nyala town, about 15 km away.

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