SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - 70+ dead or injured in bloody West Darfur tribal violence

31/12/2019: Radio Dabanga - 70+ dead or injured in bloody West Darfur tribal violence

Radio Dabanga reports that clashes between Maaliya herders and Masalit tribesmen in El Geneina, West Darfur, have killed or injured more than 70 dead, with Masalit tribesmen accusing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of complicity.  

Masalit tribesmen said the “Janjaweed” who attacked Kerending camp for the internally displaced were riding vehicles belonging to the RSF, who also fired  indiscriminately at people in other districts in el-Geneina, under the watch of the army and the police.

Masalit tribal leaders accused Mousa Ambelo, the deputy commander of the RSF militia in West Darfur, of genocide and ethnic cleansing, and called for the dismissal of the West Darfur governor and security committee, the expulsion of the RSF and district-wide disarmament. 

The RSF also allegedly attacked wounded people at El Geneina Teaching Hospital.