Al-Yurae- Violence in Darfur in western Sudan has widened over the past two days, with armed militias attacking a number of areas, killing and displacing hundreds of residents.
As a result West Darfur state declared a state of emergency and a night-time curfew against the backdrop of recent events.
On Monday, widespread looting and burning broke out in some areas of the region in a number of villages amid great security and tribal tension in many parts of the region, which last week witnessed the killing of two senior Sudanese army officers.
Later yesterday, the governor of West Darfur, General Khamis Abdullah Abkar, issued a decision to declare a state of emergency in all localities of the state.
This decision comes after the meeting of the security committee in the state, against the backdrop of security tensions in the locality of Forbaranga, and the curfew will be valid from seven in the evening until seven in the morning for a period of two weeks, and the governor directed the concerned authorities to take the necessary measures.
Despite the signing of the Sudanese Peace Agreement in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, in October 2020, the situation in Darfur is still witnessing significant security turmoil and clear fragility, which was strongly reflected in the events that erupted in West and South Darfur states in recent months, which led to the death and injury of thousands of unarmed civilians, including women and children.
More than two years after its signing, the agreement has so far failed to stop the war machine that erupted in 2003 and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions in Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile; but more than two years after the agreement, suffering and killings continue, raising considerable criticism of the agreement; and numerous questions about why the agreement failed to meet the aspirations of real stakeholders.
The fragmentation and proliferation of armed movements raises serious concerns and casts a dark shadow over the success of stabilization efforts in areas that have suffered from more than three decades of civil conflict. It is estimated that there are more than 87 armed movements in the Sudan, 84 of them in the Darfur region alone.
According to observers, the delay in implementing the terms of the security arrangements is the search for privileges and positions that have made areas such as Darfur fertile ground for the breeding of more movements, which threatens to torpedo the peace process and return the country to war.
