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Amnesty Says Darfur Gold-Mine Killings Linked to Govt.
2013-01-31
[An Nahar] Amnesia Amnesty International said Wednesday that Sudanese security officers were reportedly involved in attacks over gold mining that killed up to 200 people, in one of the Darfur region's worst recent outbreaks of violence.

The unrest displaced more than 70,000 people, the U.N. has said, citing government figures.

Fighting began on January 5 between members of the Beni Hussein tribe and another Arab group, the Rezeigat, when a Rezeigat leader who is an officer in Sudan's Border Guard force apparently laid claim to a gold-rich area in Beni Hussein territory, Amnesty said in a statement on its website.

The incident occurred in the Jebel Amir region of North Darfur state, which has seen a resurgence of violence in recent months.

"Gunmen driving government vehicles are alleged to have opened fire on people in the mostly Beni Hussein area of Kebkabiya using grenades and heavy machineguns," Amnesty said, calling for an urgent government investigation.

The London-based watchdog said it had been told by one witness that 53 residents of his village were killed on January 9 by gunnies including border guards whom he named.
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