DRA Council scheme ‘to halt bloodshed and tribal violence in Darfur’

The Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) Council has announced a comprehensive initiative to stop the bloodshed and ongoing tribal fighting in Darfur In an interview with Radio Dabanga, Saad Bahraldeen, Sultan of Dar Massalit and Chairman of the DRA Council said “we are preparing now for an initiative by which the government of Darfur hopes to unite the native leaders to halt the bloodshed that threatens all the people of Darfur”. “This initiative is a response to the prevalent silence at all political, executive and civil levels in Darfur, Sultan Bahraldeen said. “Considering the various cultures and attitudes among Darfur’s people, security is a basic need for everyone. Providing security the duty of Khartoum, however in the event that Khartoum fails to provide it, it does not mean that the people of Darfur should remain silent,” he added. “Our task as native administration is to initiate, move and express clear opinion to contain these conflicts; which first and foremost affect the people of Darfur themselves,” he said. He appealed to all fighting in Darfur to resort to the voice of reason: “They should know that the losses happening in Darfur are ours, and the final outcome is economic and social destruction and devastation.” Bahraldeen stressed the “we should not remain silent when we see our own people die and getting killed,’ he concluded. File photo: Albert González Farran/UNAMID