40 killed in Sudan’s fierce clashes

DARFUR: At least 40 people have been killed and 58 injured in three days of clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur state, the United Nations said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

After clashes at the weekend, residents of El Geneina, capital of West Darfur and close to the border with Chad, said gunfire erupted in the city at dawn on Monday, with shells exploding in the suburbs.