Tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur kill 18

Tribal clashes that erupted over the weekend between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s western Darfur region have killed at least 18 people, Report informs, citing TASS.

The violence between the Arab Rizeigat tribe and the Masalit in Genena, the provincial capital of West Darfur province, followed the death of two people from the Masalit, said Salah Saleh, a physician and former medical director at the city’s main hospital.

He said the circumstances of their death were not immediately known, adding that the violence then extended to other neighborhoods of the city.

The Sudanese doctors’ committee in West Darfur says at least 54 people were wounded in the clashes, which continued on Monday. It said armed men also opened fire on an ambulance late Sunday, injuring three healthcare workers.

A spokesman for the government was not immediately available for comment.