[An Nahar] Fresh fighting between feuding Arab tribes in Sudan's Darfur region has killed 11 people, tribal leaders said on Tuesday, adding to worsening violence in the region.The Gimir and Beni Halba tribes have been clashing over land ownership since at least April, around Edd al-Fursan about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of the South Darfur state capital Nyala.
Abaker al-Toum, a Gimir chief, told Agence La Belle France Presse the Beni Halba attacked three Gimir villages on Monday.
"They came on vehicles, cycle of violences, horses and camels, with heavy weapons," he said.
"We lost five deaders," and some houses were burned to the ground, he said.
A Beni Halba leader, who declined to be named, confirmed fighting resumed in three areas.
"We lost six of our men," he said in brief comments. "We are fighting to protect our land."
An upsurge in inter-tribal and inter-ethnic fighting "has been the major source of violence, fatalities and displacement of civilian population" in Darfur this year, the head of the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
-U.N. peacekeeping mission (UNAMID), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, told AFP last week.