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The commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Vice-President of the Sovereignty Council, Gen Mohamed ‘Hemeti’ Dagalo arrived in Nyala, capital of South Darfur yesterday, where he held a closed meeting with the South Darfur Security Committee, concerning about the attacks on a number of villages in Beleil, south-east of the state capital last week. Hemeti also witnessed the concussion of the eight-day conference of the RSF.
The death toll from ongoing attacks on villages launched by gunmen in Beleil locality, South Darfur, has risen to 15, prompting the South Darfur authorities to impose a state of emergency and a curfew from Saturday evening.
At least seven people were killed and five others injured in tribal fighting in western Sudan, according to local authorities on Saturday. The violence started on Wednesday when herders attacked a .
Two displaced people were killed, a third was wounded, and a fourth was kidnapped in attacks on farmers by armed herdsmen on Tuesday and Wednesday in Kutum, North Darfur. Displaced farmers in Central Darfur have been held at gunpoint as herders let their camels graze on the farmed pastures.