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Tribal fighting in Darfur leaves 60 dead

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Sudan‘s state news agency says 60 people were killed in renewed fighting between two Arab tribes over mining rights in the northern Darfur region.

The United Nations says fighting broke out last month in the Jebel Amir area, leaving 100 dead in January and forcing 70,000 people to flee their homes.

The state news agency said the fighting Saturday was the worst since a cease-fire agreement was reached last month. The agency said fighting began when a group of armed tribesmen in vehicles and riding camels attacked the El-Sireaf area in North Darfur.

Sudan‘s western region of Darfur has been afflicted by violence since 2003, when rebels took up arms against the central government in Khartoum. Fighting between government forces and among tribes breaks out periodically in the area.

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UN: More than 100 killed in Darfur tribal conflict

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The U.N. and African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan says more than 100 people have been killed and other 70,000 displaced from their homes because of recent tribal warfare in Darfur.

The United Nation-African Union Mission in Darfur says in a report issued Thursday that the deaths and displacement resulted from clashes between the Abbala and Beni Hussein tribes in Jabel Amir, the site of gold mines in North Darfur state in western Sudan.

Darfur has been in turmoil since 2003, when ethnic Africans rebelled, accusing the Arab-dominated Sudanese government of discrimination. Rights groups charge the regime retaliated by unleashing Arab militias on civilians.

The U.N. estimates that 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million have been displaced in the long-running conflict.

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Sudan: 4 Chinese abducted in Darfur are released

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Sudan‘s official news agency says four Chinese workers abducted last week in the North Darfur region have been released.

SUNA says the four men were handed over on Wednesday to the joint U.N. and African African Union mission in Darfur, or UNAMID. They were kidnapped on Saturday.

SUNA has blamed the abduction on a Darfur rebel movement but has not named the group. The government had said it dispatched 18 military vehicles to pursue the abductors.

The Chinese are employees of the China Railway 18th Bureau Group, which is building a road in North Darfur just outside the regional capital, El-Fasher.

China is a major oil buyer from Sudan and invests heavily here.

SUNA says that 11 Sudanese workers who were abducted together with the Chinese remain hostages.

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China: Chinese workers abducted in Sudan's Darfur

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China‘s Foreign Ministry says four Chinese workers have been abducted in Sudan‘s North Darfur region by unidentified gunmen.

Monday’s statement says the men are employees of the China Railway 18th Bureau Group who were building a road in North Darfur just outside the regional capital of El-Fasher.

Sudan‘s state news agency SUNA has blamed the abduction on a Darfur rebel movement, but it stopped short of naming which group.

The news agency has reported that five Sudanese were also abducted along with the four Chinese workers, among them drivers and engineers.

The government says it dispatched 18 military vehicles to pursue the abductors.

China is a major oil buyer from Sudan and invests heavily there.

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Sudan: at least 30 Darfur rebels killed in clashes

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The Sudanese army says its soldiers have killed at least 30 rebels in clashes in Sudan‘s troubled North Darfur region.

The army spokesman, Col. Sawarme Khalid, says the rebel forces belong to Justice and Equality Movement. He told the semiofficial Sudan Media Center Wednesday that the army turned back a rebel attack in Jebel Marra area of North Darfur.

Darfur has been in turmoil since 2003, when ethnic Africans rebelled, accusing the Arab-dominated Sudanese government of discrimination. Rights groups charge the regime retaliated by unleashing Arab militias on civilians, a claim the government denies.

The U.N. estimates 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million have been displaced in the conflict.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been indicted on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court over Darfur.

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