More Than 80 Killed In Clashes In Sudan s Darfur: Officials More Than 80 Killed In Clashes In Sudan s Darfur: Officials The violence is the most significant fighting reported since the signing of a peace agreement in October hoped to end years of war in the vast western region, that has left Darfur awash with weapons.
Sudanese authorities have imposed a state-wide curfew in West Darfur.
Khartoum:
Over 80 people have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes in Sudan s restive Darfur, doctors said Sunday, just over two weeks since a long-running peacekeeping mission ended operations.
The violence is the most significant fighting reported since the signing of a peace agreement in October hoped to end years of war in the vast western region, that has left Darfur awash with weapons.
Uniindia: Khartoum, Jan 17(UNI) In Sudan s Darfur region cashes erupted between tribal clans which killed at least 83 people in the latest bout of violence, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) reported on Sunday.
At least 83 people have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes in Sudan's Darfur, doctors said Sunday. The outbreak of violence comes just over two weeks since a long-running UN peacekeeping miss…
Anita Kiki Gebe, deputy joint special representative of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), awards UN peace medal to a soldier of the 2
Darfuris fear their new protectors
9 Jan 2021
Vacuum: A peacekeeper watches over the Khor Abeche camp for internal refugees, but after 17 years the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur is withdrawing. Residents of the Kalma Camp (left) protest against the end of the peacekeeping mission. (Photo: UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran)
For 13 years, United Nations and African Union peacekeepers have been stationed in the Sudanese region of Darfur. Their mission was to prevent a repeat of the genocide committed by forces aligned with ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, which left about half a million people dead. On 31 December, the peacekeepers’ mandate expired. Now, reports Ayin, Sudanese security forces including the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces previously called the Janjaweed when they backed Bashir are tasked with keeping the peace and protecting the hundreds of thousand internal refugees.