Dozens Dead in Sudan Tribal Clashes DeutscheWelle: Sudan
A statement from Blue Nile state's regional government described how the clashes spread in several towns, with 16 shops set ablaze.Clashes sparked by killing of farmer
Some residents have blamed the violence, between the Berti and Hausa tribes, on the killing of a farmer earlier this week. A prominent Hausa member told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity that the Berti tribe had rejected a Hausa request to create a"civil authority to supervise access to land."AFP cited witnesses as saying that clashes had resumed Saturday close to the state capital, Al-Damazin.
"We heard gunshots," resident Fatima Hamad told AFP from the city of Al-Roseires, across the river from Al-Damazin,"and saw smoke rising" from the south. Al-Damazin resident Ahmed Youssef said"dozens of families" crossed the bridge into the city to flee the violence.Coup created security vacuum
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