Local activists lambasted the North Darfur State Security Committee statement concerning the recent incidents in Kutum, which left seven people dead earlier this week.
Armed Gunmen killed at least nine people, and wounded and kidnapped at least nine others, in an attack on seven villages in Kutum locality, North Darfur. The gunmen began shooting people inside the village of Malaagat in retaliation for the killing of two men earlier that day near Senana village.The gunmen then entered 7 nearby villages where they kidnapped a further nine people.
In Chad, malnutrition has become a chronic crisis, due to multiple causes, including poor harvests - linked to climate change - inadequate dietary choices as well as socio-cultural factors.