Khartoum committee<\/strong><\/p>\nSpeaking to Radio Dabanga from Saraf Omra, Mohammed Issa Aliyu, member of the native administration committee, confirmed that violence continued for a fourth consecutive day in the region and appealed to the conflicting parties to cease hostilities. <\/p>\n
He reported that a 13-people delegation from Khartoum, composed of Beni Hussein and Rizegat (representing Abbala) members arrived on Wednesday in Kabkabiya. The delegation was scheduled to travel on the same day to Saraf Omra. <\/p>\n
The leaders would meet with the governors of North and Central Darfur, Osman Kibir and Yousif Tibin respectively, in addition to the commissioner of Saraf Omra locality and with native administrators of West and Central Darfur.<\/p>\n
According to Aliyu, the purpose of these gatherings was to decide how many committees must be formed in order to resolve the situation in the region and immediately halt the hostilities.<\/p>\n
Following their meetings, the parties decided that groups would travel through the affected area for two days, starting on Thursday, and would speak to the combatants. It was also decided that the committee would focus mostly in the eastern and western parts of al-Sref Beni Hussein.<\/p>\n
Lastly, the team is calling on government troops to move to Jebel \u2018Amer, rescue the wounded, bury the dead and provide food, water, medicine and shelter to those who were displaced.<\/p>\n
Government nowhere to be seen <\/strong><\/p>\nSeveral eyewitnesses also spoke to Radio Dabanga on Wednesday about the tensions surrounding Jebel \u2018Amer.<\/p>\n
According to them, fighting is still ongoing amid the large-scale displacement of thousands of people in \u201cextremely bad humanitarian conditions\u201d. Equally to previous testimonies, the government is \u201cnowhere to be seen\u201d.<\/p>\n
They also reported that \u201cheavily armed\u201d Abbala men aboard Land Cruisers burned more villages on Wednesday; some of them are located \u201ca stone\u2019s throw away\u201d from al-Sref Beni Hussein town.<\/p>\n
Witnesses from the locality’s capital confirmed the claims above to Radio Dabanga and said the villages that were recently set on fire are called El-Hariga, Waijabag Allah and Jiruah village. The latter is located \u201cextremely close\u201d to al-Sref Beni Hussein town, they said.<\/p>\n
All of them described the situation as \u201cserious\u201d.<\/p>\n
Central Darfur <\/strong><\/p>\nSources speaking to Radio Dabanga from Central Darfur claimed seeing \u201chundreds of border guards and other militias traveling on a heavily armed convoy\u201d on Tuesday and Wednesday, along with others riding horses or camels.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses believe they would likely take part in the fighting between Abbala and Ben Hussein tribesmen.<\/p>\n
A number of sources from the northern border areas of Central Darfur, located near al-Sref Beni Hussein, reportedly heard sounds of gunshots and mortars throughout the whole day on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Besides, large clouds of smoke were rising from different parts where the clashes are ongoing and residents from neighboring villages were seemingly packing their belongings and abandoning their homes, sources recounted.<\/p>\n
LJM <\/strong><\/p>\nThe Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) expressed its regret about the hostilities in al-Sref Beni Hussein and appealed to all parties to put an end to the clashes and to the \u201cbloodshed\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ahmed Fadel, LJM spokesman, blamed the central and North Darfur governments for the fighting and for the lives that were lost.<\/p>\n
He criticized the government for its \u201clack of action\u201d and warned the situation is getting out of control as the conflict is starting to spread to other states of Darfur.<\/p>\n
Displaced and refugees<\/strong><\/p>\nOmda Ahmed Ateem, North Darfur camps\u2019 coordinator, appealed to all parties to stop fighting immediately and expressed his regret for the lost lives.<\/p>\n
Speaking also on behalf of refugees, Ateem told Radio Dabanga that the war in al-Sref Beni Hussein is \u201cdestroying the Darfur community\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWar is not in the interest of the people of Darfur, but it is a fundamental interest of the NCP who armed the tribes so that Darfuris would kill each other\u201d, the coordinator said.<\/p>\n
Ateem claimed that the Arabs who are now fighting come originally from Darfur.<\/p>\n
He appealed to all native committees of North Darfur, especially the Arab ones, to go to al-Sref Beni Hussein and help stop the war.<\/p>\n
The coordinator urged UNAMID to move immediately to the Jebel \u2018Amer region and protect all sides of the conflicting parties. He added the mission should not wait for government authorities as they have \u201cno interest\u201d in what is going on in the area.<\/p>\n
Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The commissioner of al-Sref Beni Hussein locality, North Darfur, confirmed that the clashes initiated in Jebel \u2018Amer four days ago left 25 villages burnt, 30 people killed and hundreds of displaced so far. Hussein Haroun told Radio Dabanga on Wednesday that the conflicting parties, who are responsible for the violence in the region, have received backup from communities from Central, South, West and parts of North Darfur.The operations of these groups against citizens are \u201cwell-coordinated\u201d, the commissioner explained. He added that these \u201cundisciplined people\u201d are not based on any specific areas and are \u201ckilling and burning at random\u201d.Initial reports suggested that at least 60.000 gold explorers fled the gold mining area of Jebel \u2018Amer after fierce clashes erupted between the Arab tribes of Abbala and Beni Hussein on Monday.The day after, Radio Dabanga reported that at least 20 villages had been burnt and that the fighting appeared to have expanded further than the gold mine area of Jebel \u2018Amer. Figures of the number of dead and wounded remain unclear.In light of the events, the commissioner announced the formation of a committee in al-Sref Hussein city that will provide assistance to those affected by the violence arriving in the town.He described the situation as \u201cunfortunate\u201d and appealed to all parties to show restraint, halt the hostilities and to move to the negotiating table to resolve the issue.\u201cDefuse the crisis\u201d\u00a0 The commissioner told Radio Dabanga that he raised the matter to the governor of North Darfur and to a number of civil administrations during a meeting they held on Wednesday. Present at this meeting were also different parties from Kabkabiya and Saraf Omra.During the summit, they all discussed how to \u201cdefuse the crisis\u201d, cease hostilities and stop the \u201cbloodshed\u201d and decided to plan a conference in the coming weeks to resolve these issues.Hussein stressed that all current efforts are focused on how to halt the clashes and aggressions.Khartoum committee Speaking to Radio Dabanga from Saraf Omra, Mohammed Issa Aliyu, member of the native administration committee, confirmed that violence continued for a fourth consecutive day in the region and appealed to the conflicting parties to cease hostilities. \u00a0He reported that a 13-people delegation from Khartoum, composed of Beni Hussein and Rizegat (representing Abbala) members arrived on Wednesday in Kabkabiya. The delegation was scheduled to travel on the same day to Saraf Omra. \u00a0The leaders would meet with the governors of North and Central Darfur, Osman Kibir and Yousif Tibin respectively, in addition to the commissioner of Saraf Omra locality and with native administrators of West and Central Darfur.According to Aliyu, the purpose of these gatherings was to decide how many committees must be formed in order to resolve the situation in the region and immediately halt the hostilities.Following their meetings, the parties decided that groups would travel through the affected area for two days, starting on Thursday, and would speak to the combatants. It was also decided that the committee would focus mostly in the eastern and western parts of al-Sref Beni Hussein.Lastly, the team is calling on government troops to move to Jebel \u2018Amer, rescue the wounded, bury the dead and provide food, water, medicine and shelter to those who were displaced.Government nowhere to be seen \u00a0 Several eyewitnesses also spoke to Radio Dabanga on Wednesday about the tensions surrounding Jebel \u2018Amer.According to them, fighting is still ongoing amid the large-scale displacement of thousands of people in \u201cextremely bad humanitarian conditions\u201d. Equally to previous testimonies, the government is \u201cnowhere to be seen\u201d.They also reported that \u201cheavily armed\u201d Abbala men aboard Land Cruisers burned more villages on Wednesday; some of them are located \u201ca stone\u2019s throw away\u201d from al-Sref Beni Hussein town.Witnesses from the locality’s capital confirmed the claims above to Radio Dabanga and said the villages that were recently set on fire are called El-Hariga, Waijabag Allah and Jiruah village. The latter is located \u201cextremely close\u201d\u00a0 to al-Sref Beni Hussein town, they said.All of them described the situation as \u201cserious\u201d.Central Darfur Sources speaking to Radio Dabanga from Central Darfur claimed seeing \u201chundreds of border guards and other militias traveling on a heavily armed convoy\u201d on Tuesday and Wednesday, along with others riding horses or camels.Eyewitnesses believe they would likely take part in the fighting between Abbala and Ben Hussein tribesmen.A number of sources from the northern border areas of Central Darfur, located near al-Sref Beni Hussein, reportedly heard sounds of gunshots and mortars throughout the whole day on Wednesday.Besides, large clouds of smoke were rising from different parts where the clashes are ongoing and residents from neighboring villages were seemingly packing their belongings and abandoning their homes, sources recounted.LJM The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) expressed its regret about the hostilities in al-Sref Beni Hussein and appealed to all parties to put an end to the clashes and to the \u201cbloodshed\u201d.Ahmed Fadel, LJM spokesman, blamed the central and North Darfur governments for the fighting and for the lives that were lost.He criticized the government for its \u201clack of action\u201d and warned the situation is getting out of control as the conflict is starting to spread to other states of Darfur.Displaced and refugees Omda Ahmed Ateem, North Darfur camps\u2019 coordinator, appealed to all parties to stop fighting immediately and expressed his regret for the lost lives.Speaking also on behalf of refugees, Ateem told Radio Dabanga that the war in al-Sref Beni Hussein is \u201cdestroying the Darfur community\u201d.\u201cWar is not in the interest of the people of Darfur, but it is a fundamental interest of the NCP who armed the tribes so that Darfuris would kill each other\u201d, the coordinator said.Ateem claimed that the Arabs who are now fighting come originally from Darfur.He appealed to all native committees of North Darfur, especially the Arab ones, to go to al-Sref Beni Hussein and help stop the war.The coordinator urged UNAMID to move immediately to the Jebel \u2018Amer region and protect all sides of the conflicting parties. He added the mission should not wait for government authorities as they have \u201cno interest\u201d in what is going on in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The commissioner of al-Sref Beni Hussein locality, North Darfur, confirmed that the clashes initiated in Jebel \u2018Amer four days ago left 25 villages burnt, 30 people killed and hundreds of displaced so far. Hussein Haroun told Radio Dabanga on Wednesday that the conflicting parties, who are responsible for the violence in the region, have received backup from communities from Central, South, West and parts of North Darfur.The operations of these groups against citizens are \u201cwell-coordinated\u201d, the commissioner explained. He added that these \u201cundisciplined people\u201d are not based on any specific areas and are \u201ckilling and burning at random\u201d.Initial reports suggested that at least 60.000 gold explorers fled the gold mining area of Jebel \u2018Amer after fierce clashes erupted between the Arab tribes of Abbala and Beni Hussein on Monday.The day after, Radio Dabanga reported that at least 20 villages had been burnt and that the fighting appeared to have expanded further than the gold mine area of Jebel \u2018Amer. Figures of the number of dead and wounded remain unclear.In light of the events, the commissioner announced the formation of a committee in al-Sref Hussein city that will provide assistance to those affected by the violence arriving in the town.He described the situation as \u201cunfortunate\u201d and appealed to all parties to show restraint, halt the hostilities and to move to the negotiating table to resolve the issue.\u201cDefuse the crisis\u201d\u00a0 The commissioner told Radio Dabanga that he raised the matter to the governor of North Darfur and to a number of civil administrations during a meeting they held on Wednesday. Present at this meeting were also different parties from Kabkabiya and Saraf Omra.During the summit, they all discussed how to \u201cdefuse the crisis\u201d, cease hostilities and stop the \u201cbloodshed\u201d and decided to plan a conference in the coming weeks to resolve these issues.Hussein stressed that all current efforts are focused on how to halt the clashes and aggressions.Khartoum committee Speaking to Radio Dabanga from Saraf Omra, Mohammed Issa Aliyu, member of the native administration committee, confirmed that violence continued for a fourth consecutive day in the region and appealed to the conflicting parties to cease hostilities. \u00a0He reported that a 13-people delegation from Khartoum, composed of Beni Hussein and Rizegat (representing Abbala) members arrived on Wednesday in Kabkabiya. The delegation was scheduled to travel on the same day to Saraf Omra. \u00a0The leaders would meet with the governors of North and Central Darfur, Osman Kibir and Yousif Tibin respectively, in addition to the commissioner of Saraf Omra locality and with native administrators of West and Central Darfur.According to Aliyu, the purpose of these gatherings was to decide how many committees must be formed in order to resolve the situation in the region and immediately halt the hostilities.Following their meetings, the parties decided that groups would travel through the affected area for two days, starting on Thursday, and would speak to the combatants. It was also decided that the committee would focus mostly in the eastern and western parts of al-Sref Beni Hussein.Lastly, the team is calling on government troops to move to Jebel \u2018Amer, rescue the wounded, bury the dead and provide food, water, medicine and shelter to those who were displaced.Government nowhere to be seen \u00a0 Several eyewitnesses also spoke to Radio Dabanga on Wednesday about the tensions surrounding Jebel \u2018Amer.According to them, fighting is still ongoing amid the large-scale displacement of thousands of people in \u201cextremely bad humanitarian conditions\u201d. Equally to previous testimonies, the government is \u201cnowhere to be seen\u201d.They also reported that \u201cheavily armed\u201d Abbala men aboard Land Cruisers burned more villages on Wednesday; some of them are located \u201ca stone\u2019s throw away\u201d from al-Sref Beni Hussein town.Witnesses from the locality's capital confirmed the claims above to Radio Dabanga and said the villages that were recently set on fire are called El-Hariga, Waijabag Allah and Jiruah village. The latter is located \u201cextremely close\u201d\u00a0 to al-Sref Beni Hussein town, they said.All of them described the situation as \u201cserious\u201d.Central Darfur Sources speaking to Radio Dabanga from Central Darfur claimed seeing \u201chundreds of border guards and other militias traveling on a heavily armed convoy\u201d on Tuesday and Wednesday, along with others riding horses or camels.Eyewitnesses believe they would likely take part in the fighting between Abbala and Ben Hussein tribesmen.A number of sources from the northern border areas of Central Darfur, located near al-Sref Beni Hussein, reportedly heard sounds of gunshots and mortars throughout the whole day on Wednesday.Besides, large clouds of smoke were rising from different parts where the clashes are ongoing and residents from neighboring villages were seemingly packing their belongings and abandoning their homes, sources recounted.LJM The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) expressed its regret about the hostilities in al-Sref Beni Hussein and appealed to all parties to put an end to the clashes and to the \u201cbloodshed\u201d.Ahmed Fadel, LJM spokesman, blamed the central and North Darfur governments for the fighting and for the lives that were lost.He criticized the government for its \u201clack of action\u201d and warned the situation is getting out of control as the conflict is starting to spread to other states of Darfur.Displaced and refugees Omda Ahmed Ateem, North Darfur camps\u2019 coordinator, appealed to all parties to stop fighting immediately and expressed his regret for the lost lives.Speaking also on behalf of refugees, Ateem told Radio Dabanga that the war in al-Sref Beni Hussein is \u201cdestroying the Darfur community\u201d.\u201cWar is not in the interest of the people of Darfur, but it is a fundamental interest of the NCP who armed the tribes so that Darfuris would kill each other\u201d, the coordinator said.Ateem claimed that the Arabs who are now fighting come originally from Darfur.He appealed to all native committees of North Darfur, especially the Arab ones, to go to al-Sref Beni Hussein and help stop the war.The coordinator urged UNAMID to move immediately to the Jebel \u2018Amer region and protect all sides of the conflicting parties. He added the mission should not wait for government authorities as they have \u201cno interest\u201d in what is going on in the area.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-09T23:50:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-dabanga-logo-zondernaam-512x512-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Radiodabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Radiodabanga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dabanga\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dabanga\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23\"},\"headline\":\"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-09T23:50:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on\"},\"wordCount\":1045,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on\",\"name\":\"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on - Dabanga Radio TV Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-09T23:50:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/all-news\\\/article\\\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\",\"description\":\"Independent news from the heart of Sudan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/dabanga-logo-naam-512x512-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/dabanga-logo-naam-512x512-1.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Dabanga Radio TV Online\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/dabangasudan\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Radiodabanga\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dabangasudan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23\",\"name\":\"Dabanga\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dabanga.preview.websight.nl\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on - Dabanga Radio TV Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on - Dabanga Radio TV Online","og_description":"The commissioner of al-Sref Beni Hussein locality, North Darfur, confirmed that the clashes initiated in Jebel \u2018Amer four days ago left 25 villages burnt, 30 people killed and hundreds of displaced so far. Hussein Haroun told Radio Dabanga on Wednesday that the conflicting parties, who are responsible for the violence in the region, have received backup from communities from Central, South, West and parts of North Darfur.The operations of these groups against citizens are \u201cwell-coordinated\u201d, the commissioner explained. He added that these \u201cundisciplined people\u201d are not based on any specific areas and are \u201ckilling and burning at random\u201d.Initial reports suggested that at least 60.000 gold explorers fled the gold mining area of Jebel \u2018Amer after fierce clashes erupted between the Arab tribes of Abbala and Beni Hussein on Monday.The day after, Radio Dabanga reported that at least 20 villages had been burnt and that the fighting appeared to have expanded further than the gold mine area of Jebel \u2018Amer. Figures of the number of dead and wounded remain unclear.In light of the events, the commissioner announced the formation of a committee in al-Sref Hussein city that will provide assistance to those affected by the violence arriving in the town.He described the situation as \u201cunfortunate\u201d and appealed to all parties to show restraint, halt the hostilities and to move to the negotiating table to resolve the issue.\u201cDefuse the crisis\u201d\u00a0 The commissioner told Radio Dabanga that he raised the matter to the governor of North Darfur and to a number of civil administrations during a meeting they held on Wednesday. Present at this meeting were also different parties from Kabkabiya and Saraf Omra.During the summit, they all discussed how to \u201cdefuse the crisis\u201d, cease hostilities and stop the \u201cbloodshed\u201d and decided to plan a conference in the coming weeks to resolve these issues.Hussein stressed that all current efforts are focused on how to halt the clashes and aggressions.Khartoum committee Speaking to Radio Dabanga from Saraf Omra, Mohammed Issa Aliyu, member of the native administration committee, confirmed that violence continued for a fourth consecutive day in the region and appealed to the conflicting parties to cease hostilities. \u00a0He reported that a 13-people delegation from Khartoum, composed of Beni Hussein and Rizegat (representing Abbala) members arrived on Wednesday in Kabkabiya. The delegation was scheduled to travel on the same day to Saraf Omra. \u00a0The leaders would meet with the governors of North and Central Darfur, Osman Kibir and Yousif Tibin respectively, in addition to the commissioner of Saraf Omra locality and with native administrators of West and Central Darfur.According to Aliyu, the purpose of these gatherings was to decide how many committees must be formed in order to resolve the situation in the region and immediately halt the hostilities.Following their meetings, the parties decided that groups would travel through the affected area for two days, starting on Thursday, and would speak to the combatants. It was also decided that the committee would focus mostly in the eastern and western parts of al-Sref Beni Hussein.Lastly, the team is calling on government troops to move to Jebel \u2018Amer, rescue the wounded, bury the dead and provide food, water, medicine and shelter to those who were displaced.Government nowhere to be seen \u00a0 Several eyewitnesses also spoke to Radio Dabanga on Wednesday about the tensions surrounding Jebel \u2018Amer.According to them, fighting is still ongoing amid the large-scale displacement of thousands of people in \u201cextremely bad humanitarian conditions\u201d. Equally to previous testimonies, the government is \u201cnowhere to be seen\u201d.They also reported that \u201cheavily armed\u201d Abbala men aboard Land Cruisers burned more villages on Wednesday; some of them are located \u201ca stone\u2019s throw away\u201d from al-Sref Beni Hussein town.Witnesses from the locality's capital confirmed the claims above to Radio Dabanga and said the villages that were recently set on fire are called El-Hariga, Waijabag Allah and Jiruah village. The latter is located \u201cextremely close\u201d\u00a0 to al-Sref Beni Hussein town, they said.All of them described the situation as \u201cserious\u201d.Central Darfur Sources speaking to Radio Dabanga from Central Darfur claimed seeing \u201chundreds of border guards and other militias traveling on a heavily armed convoy\u201d on Tuesday and Wednesday, along with others riding horses or camels.Eyewitnesses believe they would likely take part in the fighting between Abbala and Ben Hussein tribesmen.A number of sources from the northern border areas of Central Darfur, located near al-Sref Beni Hussein, reportedly heard sounds of gunshots and mortars throughout the whole day on Wednesday.Besides, large clouds of smoke were rising from different parts where the clashes are ongoing and residents from neighboring villages were seemingly packing their belongings and abandoning their homes, sources recounted.LJM The Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) expressed its regret about the hostilities in al-Sref Beni Hussein and appealed to all parties to put an end to the clashes and to the \u201cbloodshed\u201d.Ahmed Fadel, LJM spokesman, blamed the central and North Darfur governments for the fighting and for the lives that were lost.He criticized the government for its \u201clack of action\u201d and warned the situation is getting out of control as the conflict is starting to spread to other states of Darfur.Displaced and refugees Omda Ahmed Ateem, North Darfur camps\u2019 coordinator, appealed to all parties to stop fighting immediately and expressed his regret for the lost lives.Speaking also on behalf of refugees, Ateem told Radio Dabanga that the war in al-Sref Beni Hussein is \u201cdestroying the Darfur community\u201d.\u201cWar is not in the interest of the people of Darfur, but it is a fundamental interest of the NCP who armed the tribes so that Darfuris would kill each other\u201d, the coordinator said.Ateem claimed that the Arabs who are now fighting come originally from Darfur.He appealed to all native committees of North Darfur, especially the Arab ones, to go to al-Sref Beni Hussein and help stop the war.The coordinator urged UNAMID to move immediately to the Jebel \u2018Amer region and protect all sides of the conflicting parties. He added the mission should not wait for government authorities as they have \u201cno interest\u201d in what is going on in the area.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on","og_site_name":"Dabanga Radio TV Online","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/","article_published_time":"2013-01-09T23:50:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cropped-dabanga-logo-zondernaam-512x512-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Dabanga","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Radiodabanga","twitter_site":"@Radiodabanga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dabanga","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on"},"author":{"name":"Dabanga","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23"},"headline":"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on","datePublished":"2013-01-09T23:50:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on"},"wordCount":1045,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on","name":"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on - Dabanga Radio TV Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-01-09T23:50:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/25-villages-burnt-random-killings-clashes-in-n-darfur-go-on#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"25 villages burnt, random killings: clashes in N. Darfur go on"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/","name":"Dabanga Radio TV Online","description":"Independent news from the heart of Sudan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Dabanga Radio TV Online","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dabanga-logo-naam-512x512-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/dabanga-logo-naam-512x512-1.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Dabanga Radio TV Online"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dabangasudan\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Radiodabanga"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/8286733fdc3467934c628badb2395f23","name":"Dabanga","sameAs":["https:\/\/dabanga.preview.websight.nl"]}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","rssfeed":"","rss-feed-image":"","covernews-slider-full":"","covernews-slider-center":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":"","covernews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"Dabanga","author_link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/author\/websight"},"category_info":"Uncategorised","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}