About 1500 people recently killed in West Darfur: rights group sudantribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sudantribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The death toll from tribal clashes in Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state in Sudan, has risen to 132, an official said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters, Mohamed Abdallah Al-Douma, the state governor, said that 208 people have also been injured in the clashes.
Earlier, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors put the death toll at 125.
The bloodshed, which began Saturday, is the latest in a resurgence of violence in the Darfur region.
The signing of a peace agreement late last year and the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers, is still not preventing tribal clashes in the north- Eastern African nation.
On Monday, Sudan’s Security and Defense Council declared a state of emergency in the state to mitigate ongoing violence.
English By Nabeel Biajo Share on Facebook WASHINGTON - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on authorities to protect citizens in Sudan’s West Darfur after unknown armed men killed more than 80 people and injured at least 160 others in the Krinding refugee camp and elsewhere in Genena, the capital of Sudan’s West Darfur state, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency.
Governor Mohamed Abdallah Al Douma also deployed hundreds of troops across the state to restore security.
A statement issued by Guterres’ spokesperson said the head of the world body “expresses his deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured.”