Friday, May 29, 2009
Violence In Two Regions Of Sudan -- Hundreds Dead And Wounded
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Scores of policemen and nearly 200 tribesmen were killed in clashes this week between two pastoralist groups in Sudan's South Kordofan area, Sudan's state news agency SUNA reported on Friday.
Sudan's Internal Affairs Minister Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamad put the total number dead after the fighting at 244, according to SUNA.
"The death toll is 89 among the Misseriya, 80 among the Rizeigat and 75 policemen," Hamad told a cabinet meeting in Khartoum.
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3,000 raiders on horseback unleash terror in Kordofan -- Daily Nation
Sudan Says 244 Have Died in Clashes This Week -- New York Times
Tribal clashes in Sudan region kill 244: minister -- AFP
Scores die in Sudan horse battles -- BBC
Darfur rebels pull out of key settlements -- Reuters
Sudan army takes town from rebels -- BBC
Sudan regains control of key Chad-border town: army -- AFP
Darfur rebels say plan to release 60 govt troops -- AFP
In remote north Darfur, an upsurge in clashes between rebels and government forces -- Christian Science Monitor
Qatar urges Sudan, Darfur rebels to make concessions -- Reuters
Stand up to Sudan's thugs -- Christian Science Monitor opinion
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