SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan opts for justice to settle Darfur tribal clashes

9/1/2020: Sudan Tribune - Sudan opts for justice to settle Darfur tribal clashes -

Sudan Tribune reports that Sudanese government said that the traditional reconciliation mechanisms are no longer valid in settling tribal conflicts, stressing that the judiciary should hold accountable those involved in the recent tribal events in West Darfur.

Faisal Mohamed Saleh the Minister of Information and the government spokesman explained that the government discussed the El-Geneina massacre and that the Attorney General formed an investigation committee to hold those responsible for the violence to account.

Saleh said that the government meeting "acknowledged” that the traditional methods of resolving tribal disputes through state interference, holding tribal reconciliation conferences and paying blood money are no longer effective, and that matters will now be settled by the judiciary.