Nairobi/Khartoum - The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur UNAMID said Thursday it would continue to provide security in a camp for internally displaced people following a deadly attack by Sudanese security forces.

UNAMID says 32 people, including women and children, died and 50 were injured in the attack in Sudan's restive Darfur province on August 25.

Sudanese security opened fire in the Kalma camp near the capital of South Darfur, Nyala, during what it said was an operation to retrieve a rebel weapon stockpile.

"It would be inhuman for us not to continue to show our presence here after the sad episode," UNAMID Deputy Special Representative Henry Anyidoho said after leading a team of officials to the camp on Wednesday.

UNAMID, which condemned the attack, said that Sudanese police were once again building up in the area and said it would deploy a permanent force in around the camp.

Daily patrols have been increased until the force can be established, UNAMID said.

Kalma, where between 80,000 and 100,000 people displaced by fighting live, has long been a flashpoint. The Sudanese government claims that rebel supporters are hiding among the refugees, and has previously entered the camp to seize weapons.

The conflict in Darfur began in 2003 when black tribesmen took up arms against what they call decades of neglect and discrimination by the Arab-dominated Sudanese government in Khartoum.

The UN says up to 300,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced by five years of conflict.

A faction of the Sudan Liberation Army and the Sudanese government signed the Darfur Peace Agreement in May 2006, but fighting has continued

Khartoum has been accused of using the Janjaweed militia to commit atrocities against Darfur's black population and suppress the rebels.

Tensions in Darfur have already been raised by possible genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in July asked for an arrest warrant against al-Bashir on war crimes charges relating to Darfur.

The rebels support the charges, while Khartoum - which does not recognize the ICC - has dismissed them. (dpa)