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Its goal is to find a way out of the inter-municipal clashes in the province, which have killed at least 144 people since early April. As early as January, murders had taken place in the city when pastors of Arab tribes had attacked their opponents in the Massalit peasant society.
To show that he took the matter very seriously, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was very much surrounded on arrival on Monday 12 April in Geneina. He was accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, General Ezzedine El-Sheikh, and the Director of Intelligence, General Jamal Abdelmajid.
Is it true that the situation in the province something to worry about. Since December 2019, the cycle of attacks and reprisals has continued to escalate across the region.
12,000 men to ensure security
At the army headquarters, the President of the Transitional Council met with the key players in the crisis. He did not comment, but according to the Sudan Tribune, the leader of Massalit, Tajeldin Mohamed Bahreldin, declared after their meeting that General al-Burhan wanted to form working committees, while the head of the delegation of the Arab tribesmen, Hamid. Aldaway Dabuk, said he expected “good news in the next few days”.
Military patrols have already intensified and no major incidents have been reported since April 8. On Saturday, military authorities decided to form a force of 12,000 men to provide security throughout Darfur.
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