Three dead as army and Border Guards clash in North Darfur

A deadly clash erupted between troops of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Border Guards in Kutum, North Darfur, on Thursday, resulting in the death of at least three people and the injury of two others. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that the population of Kutum was terrified on Thursday evening when Sudanese army troops clashed with a force of Border Guards in a Land Cruiser at the eastern gate of the town. A soldier and two of the Border Guards were killed; another soldier was wounded, as well as a resident of the Kassab camp for the displaced, named Suleiman Haroun. The SAF troops seized the Border Guards’ vehicle. Traffic One of the sources noted that the stoppage of commercial traffic between North Darfur’s capital of El Fasher and Kutum is entering its fourth week, “Any vehicle moving on the road between El Fasher and Kutum is subject to looting.” File photo by Albert González Farran/Unamid Related:Acute fuel shortage in Kabkabiya, North Darfur (3 April 2014) El Fasher-Kutum road closed in North Darfur (26 March 2014)Insecurity leads to drinking water shortage in North Darfur (26 March 2014)