More than 150 people were killed due to the tribal clashes in Sudan's Blue Nile State
In one of the most violent incidents of tribal violence in Sudan, more than 150 people were killed due to the tribal clashes in Sudan's Blue Nile State.
The Blue Nile state is one of the eighteen states of the Republic of Sudan and is characterized by great tribal diversity represented by the Fung tribes, who make up the majority of the population of the state, which is a mixture of Arab and African tribes.
There are about fourty different ethnicities in the region, and the tribal presence can be divided into four groups: the natives, a group of African tribes, each with its own territory, history, customs, and traditions; groups of Arab tribes, or "djellaba," who used the area primarily for trade, agriculture, and advocacy; and the third, a group of immigrants from Western Sudan, some of whom arrived in the region decades ago as laborers and have become an important part of the region's demographic and economic map; and the immigrants from West Africa, of "Falata, Hausa, and Borno" tribal origin and following
With the political updates going on there the last few years, the Blue Nile region was granted special status by the peace agreement signed in Juba in 2019 between the transformative government and the Revolutionary Front, which includes the People's Movement of the North led by Malik Agar.
The Northern People's Movement now controls parts of the region after waging a bloody war against the former regime in the Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan regions.
The latest violence and clashes happening on the ground come at a time when Sudan is suffering from political instability and an economic crisis that has been deepening since last year's military coup led by Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. Since then, the country has seen pro-democracy protests almost every week.
The bloody conflict, whose main parties are Hausa and Funj, began last July. this conflict arose after the Hausa tribe proposed the creation of a civil authority, which rival groups saw as a way to gain access to the country.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan, more than 17 000 people have been displaced, including 15,000 who have left the village of Roseires alone since the conflict.
Over the past three months, the region has lived in constant tension due to the refusal of the Funj to return the displaced Hausa to their homes, and when some have tried to return despite the obstacles, they have faced forms of violence and public attacks, with which tribal conflicts escalated and hate speech spread like never before in the region.
The wave of bloody violence has renewed in recent days, and in order to control the crisis situation, the army leadership has pressed for significant military reinforcements, and the appointment of a new commander for the military zone of Damazin was also announced.
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