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Seven people have been killed in tribal clashes that erupted in a restive province of Sudan, state-run media reported yesterday, the latest episode of violence in a country plagued with political turmoil since a military coup last year.
The fighting, in which another 23 people were wounded, began Thursday in the town of Roseires in the Blue Nile Province, according to a local government statement cited by the SUNA news agency.
A nightly curfew was imposed and gatherings were banned in the areas where clashes erupted. A joint military-police commission was appointed to investigate the incident, authorities said.
Authorities did not mention what sparked the fighting or which tribes were involved. In July, the province saw heavy fighting between the Hausa and Birta ethnic groups that left 105 people dead and hundreds wounded.
