At least 5 killed in tribal violence in West Kordofan, Sudan

Sudan’s military said on Saturday that at least five people had killed and nine others wounded in tribal clashes between members of Sudan’s Misseriya and Nuba tribes.

The violence in West Kordofan is the latest in a wave of tribal violence sweeping Sudan despite the signing of a nationwide peace deal two years ago.

The army said in a statement that the violence that took place on Friday and Saturday in the town of Laqawa was brought under control after the intervention of the army, the Rapid Support Forces and the police.

Legawa is located outside an area of the state controlled by a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North led by Abdul Aziz al-Helu, which has not signed the peace agreement.

The rebel group, whose army includes members of the Nuba tribe, has long been at odds with the Sudanese government, and members of the Arab Misseriya tribe have been involved in the conflict.

But in a statement on Friday, the group denied any involvement in violence in Lagawa or any hostility towards Misseriya, saying the events resulted from a land dispute in the town.

Separately, nine SPLM prisoners arrived in Khartoum on Friday, which Khartoum said were merely herders imprisoned by the SPLM .

Their release followed talks between the group’s leadership, the head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and South Sudanese mediators, according to a separate military statement describing their release as a “gesture of goodwill.”

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