12/07/2010 14:08
Darfur conflicts kill 221 in June
The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur has reported that 221 people lost their lives in the war-torn Sudanese region due to armed conflict and criminality in June, said in the statement on the UN News Center.
The clashes between the Rizeigat and Misseriya tribes claimed nearly 140 lives last month, but the peacekeeping mission, known as UNAMID, said that no further fighting has been reported since the groups signed a peace accord on 28 June.
In the past seven years an estimated 300,000 people have been killed and 2.7 million others have been displaced as a result of fighting between rebels and Government forces backed by allied Janjaweed militiamen in Darfur. All sides are accused of serious human rights violations.