Sudan: Villagers Robbed a Month After Voluntary Return to Darfur's East Jebel Marra

28 October 2017

East Jebel Marra — At least five people, including a young woman, were wounded and many others are missing after an attack and robbery by militiamen on the area of Leiba in South Darfur's East Jebel Marra on Friday. Hundreds of livestock and villagers' belonging were stolen.

A village elder complained that the government troops stationed in the area did not intervene to protect the people: "They only fired into the air to protect themselves and to avoid attack by the militiamen".

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