Why did tribal clashes kill over 200 in Darfur and how is it linked to Sudan’s ethnic conflict?
The story so far: Violent clashes on Sunday, April 24, left more than 200 people dead and 103 injured in the West Darfur province of Sudan, the region’s provincial Governor, Khamis Abdullah Abakar, said on Tuesday, April 26. Most of the deaths took place in Kreinik town in Darfur, which was stormed by a large group of heavily armed individuals, reportedly belonging to the Janjaweed militia, who looted, torched houses, and killed people. The main attacks in Kreinik took place on Sunday, reportedly carried out by the Janjaweed Militia, which the former President of the country Omar-al-Bashir is believed to have recruited from Arab herding tribes. Rebel groups, largely formed of people from the Masalit, Fur, and Zaghawa communities or non-Arabs, launched a rebellion against former President Omar al-Bashir’s regime, which responded with bombings, attacks, and air raids by the military, and unleashed on the communities the Janjaweed militias, mostly composed of Arab tribesmen.
Sudanese RSF paramilitaries clash with the army, leaving at least 100 people dead
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