Clashes in Sudan’s Darfur region have resumed with at least 21 people reported dead just one month after intense inter-tribal fighting left hundreds dead and forced the biggest displacement of people in the area in recent years.
In January, fighting between two Arab tribes, the Beni Hussein and the Rizeigat, over the control of a gold mine left more than 100 people dead and displaced around 130,000 people.
The latest clashes on Thursday in El Sireaf, an area in the north, “lasted for eight hours after some Rizeigat troops attacked the area,” according to a Bani Hussein leader who asked not to be identified.
At least 21 people were killed and 33 wounded in the fighting, accroding to the leader, who described the situation as “very bad”.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) supplied emergency food to El Sireaf and most other affected areas, but in a report said that security remains a “major concern”.
“The number of displaced people in different locations is constantly changing as people continue moving around,” the OCHA said.
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