Seven people killed in fresh tribal clashes in South Darfur
August 13, 2015 (NYALA) – Seven people were killed in clashes between Falata and Salamat tribes in South Darfur state on Thursday, the latest in a series of bloody tribal conflicts in the western Sudan region.
Musa further told Sudan Tribune that attack resulted in the death of seven people and injury of 13 others, adding he expected more victims as the fighting continued late on Thursday evening.
The clashes between the two tribes erupted last March following theft of cows in Rajaj area. At the time 67 people were killed.
The central government admitted the failure of traditional reconciliation approach and decided stop these bloody tribal conflicts by bringing to justice the perpetrators of the attacks and through the massive deployment of troops.
“These fresh clashes are the result of previous bitterness,” the leader of Falata Shoura Council Abdallah Mohamed Arshu told Sudan Tribune on Thursday.
He added that the poor mobile phone network prevented him from getting the death toll of the clashes, and called on the parties to the listen to the voice of reason and work to reach a reconciliation deal.
But, Musa who is also a member of the the national parliament blamed the South Darfur government for not intervening to prevent the fighting, adding that a force of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) government militia is deployed in the area but they didn’t do anything.
He urged to deploy troops in the area to prevent further clashes, adding that tribal fighting resulted from what he called “negligence and serious error” committed by the state government towards the crisis between the two tribes.
He accused the South Darfur state authorities of not taking the necessary measures to deter those who violated a cessation of hostilities agreement reached by the two sides last May.
He further said this attack on Amoud Aradaib by Falata fighters is a clear violation of the signed truce .