An NGO reported on Thursday that eight people had been murdered in fresh tribal fighting in Darfur, an area in western Sudan that frequently experiences violence.
According to witnesses, fighting broke out late on Wednesday night after a member of the African Fur tribe was killed in an altercation with a member of the Arab Rizeigat tribe in Zalingei, the state capital of Central Darfur.
According to Adam Regal, spokesperson for the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced
Persons in Darfur, Rizeigat riding motorbikes and carrying weapons subsequently assaulted ovens set up in a camp for displaced persons in Zalingeia.
So far, eight people have died and eleven others have been hurt. Tribal strife frequently breaks out in Darfur due to territory conflicts, access issues with water, and other factors. At least 11 people have already died in confrontations in South Darfur on Saturday.
According to the UN, a civil conflict that began in 2003 between the President Omar al-Bashir administration, which was overthrown in 2019, and militants from ethnic minorities resulted in around 300,000 deaths and almost 2.5 million displaced people.
Experts claim that as a result of the security void left by the coup launched by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane in October 2021, which sounded the death knell for the precarious transition begun following Mr. Bashir's ouster, tribal wars have erupted in Sudan.
The military in charge of the country reached an agreement with civil organizations during this month of December, but it was met with mistrust since it was seen as vague and opaque by experts and pro-democracy activists.
According to a recent UN study, tribal disputes have resulted in more than 900 fatalities, 1,000 injuries, and over 300,000 displaced people this year.