The Sudanese Interior Ministry said late on Wednesday that Sudan has strengthened security in the Red Sea State and imposed a curfew in the city of Port Sudan, after 32 people were killed in recent tribal clashes.
This is the first official toll announced by the Sudanese authorities regarding tribal fighting in the city of Port Sudan, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior.
And on Sunday, tribal clashes broke out in Port Sudan - the most famous coastal city in the country - and as of Wednesday, 30 people were killed and 116 wounded, according to the Central Sudan Doctors Committee (a non-governmental union body).
In a statement, the Ministry of Interior confirmed that the security forces had arrested 85 people in connection with the recent violence, which also resulted in 98 wounded, and that it imposed a curfew in Port Sudan to restore security.
The Ministry of Interior statement added that the government sent joint security forces from Khartoum to the state to work to impose the prestige of the state, rule of law, and to enhance security and stability.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Sudanese Council of Ministers announced the dispatch of 100 Rapid Support Forces (army) vehicles to the east of the country, to contain the fighting, and Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok announced the arrival of security reinforcements to the region.
Local media and activists on social media said that clashes erupted between two tribes with a history of mutual violence, the Bani Amer and the Nuba.
Last January, 8 people were killed and 60 others were injured in "bloody incidents" as a result of similar tribal clashes in Port Sudan.
Representatives of the two tribes had signed a reconciliation agreement in September 2019 after bloody clashes.
Sudan has been experiencing since ancient times a tribal conflict, especially between Arab and African tribes, which soon turns into a bloody conflict between the warring parties, due to the proliferation of weapons in the hands of citizens.