Sudan: 200 people killed in Blue Nile clashes

WORLD, Oct. 23 (YPA) – About 200 people were killed in the tribal clashes that took place last Wednesday and Thursday in the Sudanese state of Blue Nile, according to what a local official announced yesterday.

The Executive Director of the Local Council in Wad Al-Mahi, Abdulaziz Al-Amin, said that “about 200 people were killed in three villages, and some bodies have not been buried yet,” calling on humanitarian organizations to help local authorities to bury the bodies.

The governor of Blue Nile State, Ahmed El-Omda Badi, declared a state of emergency in the state, giving the security forces full powers to stop the tribal fighting.

A decree issued by the state governor stated that he “declares a state of emergency throughout the Blue Nile region for a period of 30 days,” as well as instructing local officials of the police, army and intelligence, as well as the Rapid Support Forces, to intervene with all available capabilities to stop the tribal fighting.

Since last Monday, the authorities have imposed a night curfew, after clashes between members of the Hausa tribe and rival tribes, but the clashes renewed after that.

E.M