July 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least 23 people have been killed and 84 injured in recent days in clashes between the Hausa and Berta tribes in Sudan’s Blue Nile state, which borders Ethiopia, according to the Sudan Central Committee of Physicians.
The independent body denounces the use of firearms and knives and warns that 17 of the injured are in critical condition, according to sources from the Ad Damazin Hospital.
In addition, the organization of doctors warns that it has not yet received information about possible victims of the Rosieris Hospital, so the final figure could increase.
The governor of Blue Nile, Ahmed el Omda Badi, has imposed a curfew in the towns of Damazin and Roseiris to prevent further violent incidents, and Army troops have been deployed in the affected areas.
The opposition to the military junta that governs Sudan, the Forces for Freedom and Change, have accused the Army of encouraging the Hausa to establish a chiefdom in a territory that historically belongs to the Hamaj, members of the Berta tribe.
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