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Gunmen Kill at Least 20 Farmers in Sudan's Darfur
It never ends. [AnNahar] Gunmen killed at least 20 people, including children, who were visiting their farms in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region for the first time in years, a tribal chief said Saturday."Two months ago the government organised a meeting between the original landowners and those who took their fields" during the long-running war in Darfur, Ibrahim Ahmad told AFP by telephone. "An agreement was reached whereby the landowners would return to their fields -- but gunnies came on Friday and opened fire, killing 20 people, including two women and kiddies." The killings took place in Aboudos, some 90 kilometres south of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province, the tribal chief said. Around 20 people were maimed in the attack, he said. The corpse count "could well increase, because some of the maimed are in a serious condition", he added. Darfur has been devastated since 2003 by a conflict between ethnic minority rebels, complaining of marginalisation, and forces loyal to now ousted president Omar al-Bashir  ...Former President-for-Life of Sudan He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and eventually appointed himself head cheese. He fell out with his Islamic mentor, Hasan al-Turabi, tried to impose shariah on the Christian and animist south, resulting in its secessesion, and attempted to ArabizeDarfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Hee was overthrown by popular consent in 2019. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it... , including the feared Janjaweed militia, mainly recruited from Arab pastoralist tribes. The fighting killed 300,000 people and displaced 2.5 million others, according to the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... Bashir was deposed by the army in April last year following months of mass protests against his rule, triggered mainly by economic hardship. He is wanted by the Hague-based International Criminal Court over charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur. A power sharing transitional government between civilians and the military was sworn in during September last year. In January this year, a coalition of nine rebel groups -- including factions from Darfur -- signed a preliminary agreement with the government after weeks of talks. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-07-26 |
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