Tuesday, April 29, 2008

சூடான் அரபு ஜாதிக்குள்ளேயே இரண்டு பிரிவுகள் ஒன்றோடு ஒன்று மோதியதில் 95 பேர் பலி

சூடான் அரபு ஜாதிக்குள்ளேயே இரண்டு பிரிவுகள் ஒன்றோடு ஒன்று மோதியதில் 95 பேர் பலியாகியுள்ளனர்.
டிங்கா என்ற அரபு ஜாதியின் உள்ளே இரண்டு தலைவர்கள் கீழ் உள்ள இரண்டு பிரிவினர் ஒருவரோடு ஒருவர் மோதியதில் ஏராளமானவர்கள் காயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.


95 killed in Sudan ethnic clashes: report3 days ago

KHARTOUM (AFP) — Around 95 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in south Sudan that have also targeted equipment and facilities used in a historic nationwide census, local press reports said on Friday.

Clashes broke out on Tuesday in the southern Lakes State between two rival branches of the Dinka tribe after a dispute over cattle, the daily Al-Sahafa reported, adding that dozens were left dead in the streets.

Tribal clashes, often provoked by cattle theft, are frequent in southern Sudan but rarely reach such deadly intensity in the semi-autonomous part of Africa's largest country.

Martin Manil Wol, who is supervising the nationwide census, said the attackers torched all of the census facilities, including 12 boxes of questionnaire forms.

Sudan on Tuesday began its first census in 15 years, a milestone in the peace deal that ended Africa's longest civil war, but it has been overshadowed by disputes.

The two-week census is crucial to prepare constituencies for national elections and confirm or adjust the wealth- and power-sharing ratios in central government.

Sudan's undeveloped south has refused to be bound by the results and Darfur rebels have boycotted the count, as both accuse the Arab north of manipulating the census to maximise its control and marginalise the African majority.

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