Ma’alia-Hamr clashes kill 27, injure 30, displace 6,000 in Sudan’s West Kordofan

The number of fatalities in the Ma’alia-Hamr clashes on Thursday and Friday in West Kordofan has reached 27. More than 30 people were injured. The commissioner of Abu Karinka in East Darfur, police Brig. Ahmed Ali Rizig told Radio Dabanga that an initial count recorded 11 dead and 13 wounded among the Ma’alia tribesmen, while the Hamr lost 16 men. 17 of them were wounded. He added that the well of Um Deibun was destroyed. Dozens of livestock were killed, many houses torched and the Um Deibun market plundered. The brigadier stressed that life in the area has returned to normal after the fighters dispersed. 6,000 displaced Sources from the area noted to Radio Dabanga that the recent clashes have displaced more than 6,000 people from the Um Deibun area. Many fled towards El Taboun town in West Kordofan. Most of them are women and children, living in the open, without shelter, food or water, though families in the area have provided them with some humanitarian aid. Others fled to the town of Babanusa. The sources appealed via Radio Dabanga to the authorities and relief organisations to immediately intervene and provide emergency aid to the newly displaced. File photo Related: Hamr, Ma’alia tribes clash in West Kordofan, Sudan (6 December 2013)