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The United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur is set to end 13 years of peacekeeping in the vast Sudanese region on Thursday, even as recent violent clashes leave residents fearful of new conflict. Fighting erupted in Darfur in 2003, when ethnic minority rebels rose up against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum, which responded by recruiting and arming notorious Arab-dominated militia known as the Janjaweed. A total of 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced, according to the United Nations. The last day for UNAMID is tonight at midnight, said UNAMID s team leader in Darfur office Islam Khan. UNAMID will not have any protection mandate after December 31, 2020. ....
updated: Dec 31 2020, 20:23 ist Sudan s foreign minister said Thursday that the army has restored control over all lands along the border that had been taken over by Ethiopian farmers. The armed forces have now fully recovered all Sudanese territory, minister Omar Qamareddine told a Khartoum press conference. The borders have already been demarcated, all that s remaining in our talks . is increasing the border signs, Qamareddine said. Tensions have flared between the two countries over the Al-Fashqa region of the border, where Ethiopian farmers have been cultivating fertile land which is claimed by Sudan. The region has seen sporadic clashes over the years but new fighting erupted in November when the federal government sent troops into the neighbouring Tigray region of Ethiopia against the regional authorities. ....