‘More than 150 killed’ in West Kordofan tribal clash

In renewed tribal clashes between two Misseriya clans in West Kordofan, 156 people were reportedly killed this week, and more than a hundred tribesmen sustained injuries. A notable from the area has claimed that 129 people were wounded in the fighting between the Awlad Imran and El Ziyoud clans on Monday evening in Kuak, near the Nama agricultural project in West Kordofan. Mohamed Wad Abuk told Radio Dabanga the death toll has risen to 156 people on both sides, since the fighting started on Sunday. Preliminary statistics showed the deaths of 52 men and the wounding of 46 men from El Ziyoud, while the Awlad Imran clan witnessed 104 deaths and 83 men sustained injuries. Abuk held the central government responsible for the renewed fighting among the clans of a single tribe and. He demanded the government of West Kordofan state to resign for its inability to stop the war and bloodshed. A leader of the Misseriya told Reuters by phone yesterday that at least 133 people were killed, and more than a hundred tribesmen sustained injuries. “They used guns and heavy weapons in the fighting in the Kuak area,” Mukhtar Babo Nimr added. The renewed fighting broke out last Sunday, days after the two clans concluded a reconciliation conference. File photo: West Kordofan (archive) Related: 15 die in new Misseriya clan clash in West Kordofan (24 November 2014)