Activists and a relief organization in Darfur announced yesterday, Friday, that dozens of people were killed and injured in new tribal clashes in this region in western Sudan, which is witnessing violent conflicts over land and water.
The latest confrontations took place Thursday in the mountainous Jebel Moon region in West Darfur state, bordering Chad, and led to 19 deaths and dozens of injuries, according to the General Coordination of Displaced and Refugee Camps.
Coordination spokesman Adam Rijal indicated that 4 villages were completely burned, and accused the Janjaweed militia, many of whose members joined the Rapid Support Forces, of committing these acts of violence.
And the French Press Agency quoted a leader from the Misseriya tribe as saying that this militia "since Sunday, has been attacking cars and motors in the villages of Jebel Moon and using machine guns, as the attack begins with setting fire to the villages and then shooting."
He added that there were bodies that no one could reach, and some of them were burnt, "and after Thursday's attack, no government forces arrived, and we are in a state of great fear of an attack at any time."
The attack follows a similar attack that killed 16 people earlier this week, and only months after violence rocked the region late last year.
Conflicts between tribes in Darfur usually arise due to competition over land, pastures and water sources.
250 people have been killed in Darfur since the “coup” of the President of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, against his civilian partners in power on October 25, and the security vacuum it caused, especially after the end of the mission of the UN peacekeeping forces in the region following the signing of a peace agreement between the factions. Armed Forces and the Central Government in 2020.