Sudan West Darfur killed at least 130 people, government to declare a state of emergency ,crisis in the region
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| Fighting in El Geneina Sudan : Photo courtesy: Radio Dabanga |
Khartoum Sudan,May 30 : The recent conflict in the Sudanese state of West Darfur killed at least 130 people, led the Sudanese government to declare a state of emergency in the region and sparked an displacement crisis in the region.
The explosion was the result of a shootout that killed two people from the Masalit community, according to the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Agency.
According to Al Jazeera, the masalit and Arab communities mobilized armed men shortly afterwards. “Because of a problem.
” Among some people, the militia officers initially attacked, killed and set fire to so many neighborhoods in Hai al-Jabal until they entered the Abu-Tsar camp.
They arrived in nine vehicles with their DShK [Russian anti-aircraft weapon] to burn down our camp, so they fled, ”said Mariam Hussain. Hussain and thousands of other internally displaced persons (IDPs) fled El Geneina after armed militiamen burned the Abu-Zar camps on April 4 and burned them down amid escalating conflicts.
The city’s government buildings have now become shelters for internally displaced persons fleeing militia attacks on their homes.
The recent clashes also occurred during waves of violence in and around El Geneinaina, as in other parts of Darfur and southern Kordo fans, killing hundreds and forcing the United Nations to stop all humanitarian activities in El Geneina, which affected more than 700,000 people and killed 237,000 recently distributed, almost five times more and n in total.
Some members of the Masalit community, who fled to neighboring Chad at the beginning of the war, returned to the region after the overthrow of al-Bashir and found that their land had been taken over by the Arabs. reported.
“We don’t feel safe here … Even last night there was a shooting between various armed people in a market in central El Geneina; some [people] then threatened hospital doctors to stop treating other patients and treating their wounded. “Person,” said El-Nour Abdullah when speaking of the Ministry of Agriculture building in the city.
” There is no sense of security here. “The looming crisis also coincides with the withdrawal of the United Nations Peacekeeping-African Union (UNAMID) joint armed forces earlier this year.
The armed forces were established in 2007 to protect the civilian population and facilitate humanitarian aid. There have also been complaints on the implementation of the Juba Accords, which lays down conditions for the political integration of rebels into the security forces.
The conflict in Darfur broke out in 2003 when their mostly non-Arab rebels took up arms against the Arab-dominated central government in the capital, Khartoum, they accuse In response, ruler Omar al-Bashir armed the RSF to quell the insurrection that resulted in hundreds of deaths and millions of displaced persons in the war, for which al-Bashir was charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity .
Was overthrown by a military coup in 2019, many Darfurians hoped for positive change, but attacks on civilians continued “In the fall, local After al-Bashir’s communities were encouraged by the rise of the RSF nationally, but they are also concerned that Hemeti’s policies of reconciliation with non-Arab communities and rebels might hit them back,” said Jerome Tubaina,
a researcher at the International Federation for Human Rights that was recently in West Darfur.The West Sudanese region of Darfur has been plagued by conflicts between government troops and the indigenous population since 2003.
The government is negotiating with various rebel groups in Darfur and other regions to stop years of unrest.