Sudan : Tensions spread in Sudan as tribal clashes rage on

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KHARTOUM, July 18 (Reuters) - The death toll from tribal clashes triggered by land disputes in southeastern Sudan's Blue Nile State has risen to at least 64, medical sources said on Monday, with the long festering tensions spreading into some other states.

A curfew was imposed in two major towns of Blue Nile State and security forces deployed following fighting between the Hausa and Funj tribes that began last week.

In the city of Roseires, also in Blue Nile, clashes continued on Monday with several houses burned, witnesses told Reuters. Others said that large groups of people had begun moving in cars and on foot to neighbouring Sennar state. The witnesses said protesters in Kassala set fire to several government buildings, and security forces fired in the air to break up the crowd.clashed with other protesters, a witness said.

There has also been sporadic violence in eastern coastal regions and western Darfur despite a nationwide peace deal signed by some rebel groups in Juba in 2020.

 

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