Darfur inhabitants fear battles between Sudan's rival military leaders could reawaken war in the vast and largely desert region already scarred by a two-decade-old conflict.
Smoke rises over the city as army and paramilitaries clash in power struggle, in Khartoum, Sudan, April 15, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. Instagram @lostshmi/via REUTERSViolence has been rising in Darfur over past two yearsCAIRO, April 25 - Darfur inhabitants fearcould reawaken war in the vast and largely desert region already scarred by a two-decade-old conflict.
So when Sudan's army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary, who had been ruling together during a political transition, began shooting at each other earlier this month in Khartoum, the violence quickly spread to Darfur. "If this continues, if we get the killing of military commanders that are a part of influential tribes, then it'll be anarchy. There will be tribal mobilisation," said Ahmed Gouja, a journalist and rights activist in Nyala.
As the army now tries to push his RSF fighters from positions across Khartoum, the group could fall back on its roots in Darfur to try to regroup and raise reinforcements.More bloodshed in Darfur may renew interest from the United States: past violence and accusations of genocide brought a celebrity-led campaign for peace and close engagement by Washington in negotiations.
Sources in Geneina, near the border with Chad, said armed men on horses, motorbikes and trucks had pillaged parts of the city, triggering fighting between the army and RSF.In Nyala and al-Fashir, however, residents said there had been some success in quelling the violence by agreement to deploy neutral police forces in town centres vacated by fighters, who remained in their areas of control.
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