The situation is dramatic in western Sudan.

At least 213 people have been killed in four days of violence in Darfur, according to the authorities of this region, clashes condemned by the UN which called on Wednesday for a “rapid” and “independent” investigation.

The violence began Friday in the town of Krink, mainly inhabited by the Massalit tribe, and spread to El-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, some 80 km away.

According to the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced in Darfur, the violence erupted when armed fighters from Arab tribes attacked Massalit villages, in retaliation for the death Thursday of two of their members.

The violence continued on Wednesday, according to the NGO.

Describing the situation as "very dangerous", she warned of "a humanitarian catastrophe with unimaginable consequences".

Hospitals attacked according to MSF

The heaviest toll was recorded on Sunday with "201 dead and 13 injured", according to West Darfur Governor Khamis Abkar, accusing government forces of having "withdrawn without any justification" from Krink as the fighting escalated. were intensifying.

He also denounced “a crime against humanity”.

The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières said that hospitals had been attacked and several members of the medical staff killed.

In Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed her dismay on Wednesday, while the Security Council met urgently behind closed doors, at the request of the Kingdom. United Kingdom, Albania, France, Ireland, Norway and the United States.

However, no text condemning the killings was published at the end of this session.

Discussions are continuing, an ambassador said on condition of anonymity.

The Massalit call for “international protection”

In addition, dignitaries of the Massalit tribe on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to place their villages under “international protection”.

According to a diplomat in New York, however, no “specific discussion on this point” took place between the 15 members of the Security Council.

"I call on the Sudanese authorities to carry out prompt, full, impartial and independent investigations into these attacks and to hold all those responsible to account," said Michelle Bachelet.

Witnesses accused the Janjawid militia, a proxy force for the Sudanese government, of orchestrating the violence.

These militiamen, used by dictator Omar al-Bashir in his long war launched in 2003 in Darfur, have in recent years joined the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) by the thousands, led by General Mohammed Hamdane Daglo, number two in military power. in place since the October putsch in Khartoum.

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