Due to recent inter-communal conflicts in Sudan’s Blue Nile region, the balance of victims has risen to 105 dead and 291 injured., as confirmed by the authorities of the African country. Sudan’s Ministry of Health said in a message on its social network Facebook account that 105 deaths and 291 injuries have been confirmed so far. It was also stated that 20 of the injured were transferred out of the region to be treated.
Clashes broke out between them at the end of last week. Members of the Berta community and Hausa communities, a situation that led to the regional governor Ahmed al-Omda’s imposition of a curfew to try to contain the war. Al Omda promised to hold those responsible accountable and said that the authorities will work actively to restore order and peaceful coexistence in the region.
Qissan region and the Blue Nile province in general, conflict scene since 1986. There, guerrillas have been a serious problem for authorities for decades, both for the ousted dictator Omar al-Bashir and the military junta that now controls the country.
The October 2021 coup led by Abdelfata al-Burhan led to the dismissal of civilian prime minister Abdalá Hamdok, but international pressure forced a deal to reinstate him in November, although he resigned in January to protest the violence. suppression of protests against military authorities. The security vacuum created by the political crisis has created a new increase in tribal violence It’s in the region fueled by the presence of Ethiopia’s massive infrastructure project, the Renaissance Dam, which Sudan denounces as an exploitative enterprise.