SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - SPLM-N al-Hilu says Port Sudan tribal violence may affect peace talks

7/1/2020: Sudan Tribune - SPLM-N al-Hilu says Port Sudan tribal violence may affect peace talks

Sudan Tribune reports that the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (Abdelaziz El-Hilu faction) called on Sudanese authorities to take “drastic measures” in combating recurrent tribal fighting in Port Sudan between the Bani Amer and the Nuba, warning that failure to do so will affect the peace process and peaceful coexistence among the population.

15 were recently killed during tribal clashes in Port Sudan.

SPLM-N el-Hilu spokesman Omar Shurkian cited the firearms carried by Bani Amer tribesmen as indications that “they must have been receiving support from somebody somewhere.”

Local authorities have imposed a curfew in Port Sudan and formed an investigation committee, but Sudan Tribune note that previous government attempts at tribal reconciliation have failed to cease the violence.