Fighting pauses in Sudanese city of El Geneina, death toll reaches 87 Reuters 4 hrs ago © Reuters/MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH FILE PHOTO: Protesters attend a rally calling for a stop to killing in Darfur and stability for peace, next to a building in front of Ministry of Justice in Khartoum
KHARTOUM/CAIRO (Reuters) - An uneasy calm was restored to the capital of Sudan s West Darfur state on Wednesday, residents said, after five days of fighting between Arab and Masalit tribesmen in which scores of people were killed.
A local doctors committee said 87 people had been killed and 191 injured since Saturday in the fighting in the city, El Geneina. The violence is a new flare-up of a conflict that saw deadly clashes earlier this year and in 2019, amid deteriorating security across Darfur.
Fighting pauses in Sudanese city of El Geneina, death toll reaches 87
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18 people died, and 54 were wounded in tribal clashes in the Sudanese city of El Geneina, medics said on Monday.
The violent incident is believed to be the latest in the troubled region since signing a peace agreement and the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers last year.
In January of last year, at least 129 people were killed and military reinforcements were brought into El Geneina, capital of West Darfur state. Nonetheless, they have since eventually withdrawn, according to local sources.
Moreover, the most recent clashes began between members of the Masalit and Arab tribes on Saturday and escalated on Sunday and Monday morning throughout the city, the West Darfur Doctors Committee revealed in a statement.
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Eighteen people have been killed and 54 injured in tribal clashes in the Sudanese city of El Geneina, medics said on Monday, in a renewal of bloodshed following a major flare up of violence earlier this year.
The incident is the latest in the troubled region since the signing of a peace agreement late last year and the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers.
In January, at least 129 people were killed and military reinforcements were brought into El Geneina, capital of West Darfur state. However, local sources say they have since largely withdrawn.
The most recent clashes began between members of the Masalit and Arab tribes on Saturday and escalated on Sunday and Monday morning throughout the city, the West Darfur Doctors Committee said in a statement.
Eighteen people have been killed and 54 injured in tribal clashes in the Sudanese city of El Geneina, medics said on Monday, in a renewal of bloodshed following a major flare up of violence earlier this year. The incident is the latest in the troubled region since the signing of a peace agreement late last year and the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers. In January, at least 129 people were killed and military reinforcements were brought into El Geneina, capital of West Darfur state.
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