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The Associated Press. All rights reserved. People who fled from Amrallah village, north-east of El Geneina, reported that gunmen riding in two vehicles attacked their village on Wednesday evening.

Two villagers were killed and their shops were plundered. A source from Manjowa village, north of El Geneina, said that gunmen on motorcycles killed Ezo Ibrahim, and fled. They counted injured. First aid was provided in the field to wounded.

Commenting on the facts of the violence and the reasons for its outbreak, the El Geneina Crisis Management Committee condemned the violence in El Geneina with the strongest terms. The committee accused the West Darfur authorities of being complicit. Subscribe Audio Hub. Intercommunal violence in Darfur has left millions in need of assistance.

Pictured here, an IDP settlement in Sortoni. Peace and Security. Sudan is one of the largest countries in Africa. Located in northeastern Africa, it borders the Red Sea and falls between Egypt, Chad, Uganda, and six other countries.

The capitol, Khartoum, is in the northeastern part of the country. Darfur is a region in western Sudan that encompasses an area roughly the size of Spain.

The population of Darfur is estimated at 7 million people. Following independence from Britain in , Sudan became embroiled in two prolonged civil wars for most of the remainder of the 20th century. Competition for scarce resources played a large role. The complexities of desertification, famines, and the civil war raging between North and South Sudan contributed to a rise in regional tensions during the s. Similarly, as oil was discovered in western Sudan, the Sudanese government and international contributors became increasingly interested in the land in Darfur.

The first civil war ended in but broke out again in However, it failed to take into account the effects of the war on Darfur. Darfur remained underdeveloped and marginalized at the federal level, lacking infrastructure and development assistance.

This neglect, combined with allegations that the government was arming Arab tribesmen Janjaweed to raid non-Arab villages, was used as the justification for a rebel attack on a Sudanese Air Force Base at El Fasher, North Darfur in Failed peace talks have allowed for the continuation of the conflict. However, multiple negotiations have thus far been largely unsuccessful. Despite this mandate, however, only 9, troops were sent, and they lacked the necessary equipment to carry out their mission.