Tribal clashes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, on the border with Ethiopia, have killed 60 and wounded 163 people since erupting nearly a week ago, the state’s health minister said.
“Thirteen of the wounded are in a serious condition and will be transferred to hospitals in Khartoum,” Jamal Nasser told AFP by phone from the state capital Al-Damazin.
The clashes, between the Berti and Hawsa tribes, first erupted last Monday.
The violence came after the Berti tribe rejected a Hawsa request to create a “civil authority to supervise access to land”, a prominent Hawsa member had told AFP on condition of anonymity.
But a senior member of the Bertis had said the tribe was responding to a “violation” of its lands by the Hawsas.
Clashes resumed on Saturday after a brief lull, close to the state capital Al-Damazin, witnesses said.
Soldiers were deployed to contain the unrest and a night curfew was imposed by the authorities starting Saturday.
The death toll…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
