UN humanitarian chief leaves Darfur camp amid attack

The UN humanitarian chief hurriedly left a Darfur camp for displaced people today when a crowd attacked one of his translators over an apparent mistake, a UN spokeswoman said.

Jan Egeland and his entourage cut short their visit to Kalma camp, near Nyala in southern Darfur, when elements of a demonstration of 1,000 people manhandled a translator whose words they had misunderstood, spokeswoman Dawn Blalock said.