SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters – Sudan to deploy troops to West Darfur after deadly unrest

30/12/2019: Reuters – Sudan to deploy troops to West Darfur after deadly unrest

Reuters reports that Sudanese authorities said they would deploy military forces to West Darfur and suspend peace talks with rebel groups after an outbreak of deadly violence around el-Geneina.

A resident from el-Geneina told Reuters that the violence flared after a soldier from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was stabbed to death with two of his relatives in apparent retaliation for incidents in which locals had been hit by cars.

Arab groups responded to the soldier’s death by raiding camps for internally displaced people near el-Geneina, killing people and livestock both in el-Geneina and the camps, the resident said. A second resident confirmed the revenge attacks.