Death toll from tribal clashes in Sudan rises to more than 125

The death toll from the recent violence in Darfur, western Sudan, has risen to more than 125, and 50,000 people have been displaced, according to a statement issued by the United Nations on Tuesday.

The battles began on the sixth of June between the African Qamar tribes and the Arab Rizeigat tribe in the Kulbus area, located 160 km northeast of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur State.

"More than 125 people were killed, many were injured as a result of the conflict in Kulbus locality, and 25 al-Qamar villages were burned and looted," the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan (OCHA) said in a report.

The battles also caused "about fifty thousand people to flee their villages."

A leader of the Qamar tribe, Ibrahim Hashem, told AFP by phone that the situation in all the villages of Kulbus was tense.

He said, "The gunmen are spread around the villages of the moon everywhere and the situation is tense, and some of the citizens of the moon were missing while they were moving yesterday evening from one village to another, and their fate is not known until now."

He pointed out that the clashes were caused by the dispute over land ownership, saying, "My conviction is that this fighting, which is taking place on a very large scale, is aimed at removing the moon from their lands."

One of the leaders of the Rizeigat tribe refused to speak on the matter, telling AFP by phone, "No comment!"

The representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Sudan, Volker Perthes, condemned the violence in Darfur, describing it as "unacceptable".

"The ongoing cycle of violence in Darfur is unacceptable and highlights the root causes that must be addressed," he wrote Monday on his official Twitter account.

He called on the relevant authorities, tribal leaders and armed organizations to de-escalate tension and ensure the protection of civilians.

And tribal clashes took place in West Darfur, in which more than 200 people were killed last April in confrontations between Arab tribes and the African Masalit tribe.

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