(Image/Reuters)Sudan will deploy “large numbers” of troops to South Darfur state after the killing of 15 people in tribal violence recently, the state news agency cited the state governor as saying on Sunday. One of the leaders said Fallata members responded by killing 13 people from Masalit and wounding 34 others. Gereida is located 97 kilometres south of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state. ?and collect arms, Mousa Mahdi, the governor of South Darfur told the agency. The conflict spread in Sudan’s western Darfur region from 2003 after mostly non-Arab rebels rose up against Khartoum.

Source: Indian Express December 28, 2020 05:20 UTC