Darfur who is fighting

Thirty-five-year-old Khamisa Juma Ishag Abaker is perched on a pile of rubble that was once her home. Dressed in a floral print fabric that covers her from head to toe, she sifts through the dust to uncover an old bottle of perfume and dinnerware gifted to her but now broken - remnants of her old life. I could lie down in the shade. I could cook for my children. It's her first time returning to Krinding - a settlement for displaced people - after clashes in January left tens of thousands of people homeless and hundreds dead.

We tried to flee into the street, but they shot my brother. He fell and when he tried to stand up, they shot him again - they killed him in front of me. I've cried so much… my eyes can barely see now.

Now living in cramped conditions in a school classroom in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, she is struggling to take care of her ailing parents and her children. We don't even have beds, pillows, or blankets… I don't have anything. I just stare and do nothing. Ms Abaker says the Rapid Support Forces [RSF], a paramilitary group tasked by the government with keeping civilians safe, is behind the attacks. After 13 years on the ground, experts say their gradual withdrawal since December has been met with a surge of violence.

Some 20, Sudanese troops were promised to take their place, but they are yet to arrive. The war in Darfur began in after ethnic African rebels revolted against former President Omar al-Bashir's Arab-dominated government. More from News. At US-Mexico border, asylum seekers maintain hope amid hardships. After gangbuster debut, Rivian draws comparison to Tesla.

Most Read. With at least people killed in total, the recent violence is some of the worst reported since the signing of a peace agreement in October, which observers hoped would end years of war. While former rebel forces have committed to lay down their weapons in the recent political peace deal, decades of conflict have left the vast western region awash with weapons and divided by bitter rivalries.

In South Darfur, fighting broke out early Monday between the powerful Arab Rizeigat tribe and the Fallata, a cattle and camel herding people who trace their roots to the Fulani of western Africa.

The fighting in South Darfur comes after at least 83 people were killed in clashes between rival ethnic groups on Saturday and Sunday in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state.

Sudanese authorities in Khartoum said they had sent a "high-profile" delegation to help contain the situation. The United Nations -- a long-running presence in the nation -- expressed deep concerns on Sunday over the violence. Image source, AFP. UN peacekeepers ended their mission in Darfur last month. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Related Topics. Published 16 December Published 12 February