New Darfur Fighting Kills Up to 105, Thousands Flee
Renewed fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region may have killed up to 105 civilians and displaced more than 9,000 last week, the United Nations said Wednesday.”It has been confirmed that the village of Hamada was nearly totally destroyed and that up to 105 civilians may have been killed, with the majority of victims being women and children,” U.N. spokesman George Somerwill told a news conference. A U.N. assessment team was sent last week to the area of Hamada, Juruf and Gemeiza villages in South Darfur state, where the government launched a military campaign in December it said was to clear the roads of banditry.Full Story