Couple slain in North Darfur

A man and his wife were killed in their house in Kabkabiya, North Darfur yesterday. Two people were abducted from the market of a camp for displaced people in West Darfur on Saturday.

Three gunmen raided the house of Muna Mohamed and Abdallah Angarten in Karka district, west of Kabkabiya, at 8 am on Monday. They opened fire which killed the couple instantly. The police have been informed, a witness told Radio Dabanga.

On Saturday, armed men abducted two displaced men of Murnei camp in West Darfur. Adam Omer and El Tahir Abdallah have been taken to an unknown destination, a listener told this station. The abductors drove two Land Cruisers and seized Omer and Abdallah in the local market at gunpoint.

Camels on farms

Farmers in North Darfur's Kutum locality have complained of herders who drive camels into their farms, sometimes threatening the farmer by force of arms. The grazing destroys the vegetables and fruit.

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, farmers reported that last Saturday and Sunday, herders drove their cattle to graze on the gardens on the banks of the river (wadi) in Kutum, causing the destruction of “large areas planted with okra, watermelons, tomatoes and fruit orchards”.

They estimated the losses at thousands of Sudanese pounds, and called on the authorities to stop the herders' activities so that they can harvest the crops.