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The spark of the conflict that broke out two weeks ago between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum extended to the Darfur region, which experienced bloody years of civil war, especially in the cities of Nyala, El Geneina and El Fasher.
Al-Arabiya / Al-Hadath sources reported today, Friday, that the fighting has continued for days, and the theft and looting of the El-Geneina market in West Darfur, as well as warehouses for humanitarian organizations, continue.
It also confirmed that a large displacement movement is currently taking place from the region located in the far west of Sudan, especially from the land port area, towards Chad.

While the state of South Darfur deployed hundreds of police officers to secure the markets and the city of Nyala.
At least 74 people were killed on Monday and Tuesday in the battles for the city of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, according to an interim toll issued by the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate, while the fighting continues.
However, she made it clear that there is not yet an inventory of the deaths of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, as the violent battles continue.

Darfur is of strategic importance to the two warring parties to the conflict, namely the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the Commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hamidati, as the two men built their professional lives in that region, according to Reuters.
Especially since Al-Burhan rose through the ranks of the army during the fighting there

While Hamidti began his military career as a leader of a militia that fought in several battles for the government during the era of Omar al-Bashir.
The vast region in western Sudan, inhabited by several Arab and African tribes, famous for agriculture, and almost the size of France, is full of painful memories of the grinding civil war that lasted for years, leaving thousands dead, as well as major massacres between the tribes, two decades ago.

The conflict broke out in 2003 when a group of rebels stood up to government forces backed by the Janjaweed militia, which were famous at the time for riding horses, and the violence killed about 300,000 people and displaced millions.
Despite the many peace agreements, the tension has continued since that time, like embers under the ashes, looking for a spark to awaken it. Violence has indeed escalated intermittently over the past two years before it calmed down relatively, only to flare up again!