KHARTOUM, Sudan: Clashes between Arab tribesmen and ethnic minority farmers in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region have killed eight people and wounded 16, an aid group said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). The fighting broke out on Friday in Krink, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the West Darfur state capital of Geneina, when armed Arab tribesmen attacked villages of the non-Arab Massalit minority in retaliation for the killing of two tribesmen, the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced in Darfur, an independent aid organization, said. The clashes 'led to the deaths of eight citizens,' said its spokesman Adam Regal. Dozens of homes were burned and large numbers of families displaced, he added. Large-scale fighting has abated across much of Darfur but the region remains awash with weapons and deadly clashes often erupt over access to pasture or water.
