Five dead in East Darfur tribal clashes

Four brothers and a relative were killed, and two others wounded, in clashes between Misseriya and Rizeigat tribesmen, in Abu Jabra locality, East Darfur, on Tuesday.

“Fighting erupted near Konga in Abu Jabra locality yesterday at dawn, after the news of an attack by militant Rizeigat on a Misseriya settlement in bordering West Kordofan reached the area,” Hamdan Hasabelnabi, Commissioner of Abu Jabra locality, told Dabanga.

He said that members of the native administration in Abu Jabra, and Meiram locality in West Kordofan, are currently attempting to control the tense situation, and to disperse the large crowds of armed tribesmen in the localities, “ready to resume fighting”.

Mohamed Wadabuk, a Misseriya tribe elder in Abu Jabra, appealed via Dabanga to both sides to listen to the voice of reason, and solve the problems peacefully.

The people who were killed are Juma Abdallah Mohamed, and Rahama, El Mahdi, Juma, and Ali Hamdoun Rahama.