Shops were closed and residents fled to their homes during a clash between two soldiers of the Sudanese military (SAF) and an Abbala tribesman "armed by the government" in Nertiti, Central Darfur.

Sudan's North Darfur State government on Sunday said it contained the most recent tribal clashes between Bani Hussein and Abbala tribes at Al-Siraif locality in the state which left 53 dead and 83 ...

Two Abbala leaders announced their intention to end hostilities and violence between their tribe and Beni Hussein in North Darfur on Friday afternoon, 11 January.

But it would be a mistake to apply this explanation to the ongoing conflict. Both the Abbala and Beni Hussein belong to Arab tribes. Various scholars have dismissed the question of identity and ethnic ...