Seven dead in new Rizeigat-Misseriya clash in West Kordofan

Seven people were killed in a new clash between the Rizeigat and Misseriya tribesmen near El Meram in West Kordofan on Monday.

The seven Misseriya tribesmen, among them four brothers, died in the area southwest of El Meram. It is not clear what triggered the fighting.

Rizeigat and Misseriya leaders hold the Sudanese government responsible for the continuation of armed conflicts between the two tribes. Musa Hamadein, a Misseriya leader, briefly commented that the government “is not serious about solving the problems between the two tribes”.

The spokesman for the Rizeigat Council of Elders, Younes Farah, told Dabanga that the government “did not fulfil its duties in enforcing security in the area”.

“A reconciliation conference between the two tribes is finally planned to take place in Ed Daein, capital of East Darfur, this Friday,” he said. “The blood money demanded by the two tribes for losses in earlier clashes has reached about SDG7 billion ($1,162,540 million).”