{"id":178516,"date":"2017-04-09T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/state-of-emergency-in-kordofan-after-tribal-clashes\/"},"modified":"2017-04-09T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T07:25:00","slug":"state-of-emergency-in-kordofan-after-tribal-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/state-of-emergency-in-kordofan-after-tribal-clashes","title":{"rendered":"State of Emergency in Kordofan after tribal clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The governors of North and West Kordofan have announced the State of Emergency for the period of one month in order to contain the situation in the two neighbouring states.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ahmed Haroun, the Governor of North Kordofan, reported in a press conference in the capital El Obeid on Thursday that 51 people were killed in clashes between Hamar and Kababish tribesmen<\/a> on Saturday and Sunday. 28 tribesmen from both sides sustained injuries.<\/p>\n

According to Haroun, a controversy between “a criminal gang” in the North Kordofani area of Sodari, led by a certain Mohamed Hussein Mohemeid, and another one in El Nahud locality in West Kordofan, led by El Tijani Hamed Kedi, triggered the fighting between the Hamar and the Kababish.<\/p>\n

West Kordofan Governor Abulgasem Baraka confirmed his colleague’s report. He described the clashes as a criminal act of groups of bandits and outlaws, not a tribal war.<\/p>\n

Fighting between Hamar and Kababish tribesmen erupted in the area of Um Marahik over the weekend, reportedly after the theft of Hamar camels by three Kababish on Friday. On Tuesday<\/a>, government forces intervened with a contingent of about 50 armoured vehicles and a helicopter, and managed to separate the warring parties.<\/p>\n

In a press statement, the opposition National Umma Party accused the Sudanese government of instigating tribal conflicts by providing weapons to herders' tribes.  <\/p>\n