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Forced Eviction due to Flooding, Merowe Dam, Sudan: Complaint to UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing by The Amri Committee CONTENTS Summary of Complaint Background to Complaint Details of August Flooding Incident Responses of the Authorities Responsibility for the Flooding Rights Violated Requests to the Special Rapporteur Summary of Complaint In August 2006, an estimated 2,200 families – mainly women and children –were forced to abandon their homes after the River Nile in the reservoir area upstream of the Merowe Dam, currently under construction in the Northern State of Sudan, began to rise. No specific warning of flooding was given by Merowe’s Dam Implementation Unit (DIU), an agency of the Government of Sudan under the direct supervision of the President of Sudan, prior to the inundation. It is widely believed by the affected communities that the flooding was part of a deliberate strategy by the Dam Implementation Unit and the Government of Sudan to force the Amri communities to accept a resettlement package that they have to date rejected. The affected villagers, all from the Amri group, lost everything and, as of 25th August 2006, are still without shelter, clean water or food. The rising floodwaters have covered fields and destroyed crops and fodder. More than 12,000 heads of livestock have been lost to the rising floodwaters and more are expected to die due to a lack of fodder. There is now a severe risk of disease breaking out, both in the area and downstream. There is strong evidence that the flooding was the direct result of the ongoing construction of the Merowe Dam, although consultants to the project dispute this. Neither the Dam Implementation Unit nor the Government of Sudan has acted to relieve the suffering of the affected communities. On the contrary, the authorities have cordoned off the area and relief efforts have been blocked. The Amri Committee is the elected body that represents those communities of the Amri p