Four people were killed and 23 others wounded on Sunday as fighting between Masalit and Fellata communities resumed in Gereida, about 90 kilometres south of Nyala, for a second consecutive day, according to medical, police and eyewitness accounts cited by local Sudanese media.
The latest deaths bring the reported toll from two days of violence in the town to at least 16.
At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded on Saturday after a dispute between two individuals at Gereida’s Abuja Market escalated into wider communal fighting and spread into residential areas. Several of the injured were transferred to Nyala for treatment.
A medical source in Gereida said the local hospital received four bodies and 23 wounded people on Sunday, describing the figures as preliminary.
Several of those wounded were in serious condition and required urgent surgery, the source said.
A police source said an armed group from the Fellata community attacked Gereida from the eastern and western approaches after several hours of relative calm.
RSF forces had intervened overnight to separate the two sides, while local traditional leaders sought to contain the violence and secure an agreement to halt the fighting. Clashes nevertheless resumed several hours later.
Residents reported hearing heavy weapons and Kalashnikov rifle fire in several parts of Gereida as renewed fighting broke out around the town.
Resident Sayeda Mahmoud said dozens of farmers from the Abdos area, about 10 kilometres north of Gereida, also came under attack and gunfire.
She said two brothers were killed on Saturday, with their bodies recovered and buried on Sunday.
Some shops in Abuja Market had reopened on Sunday morning following a period of cautious calm, but businesses began closing again as fighting resumed on the outskirts of Gereida.
The violence comes amid continuing insecurity across parts of Darfur, where armed robbery, disputes between farmers and herders, communal tensions, kidnapping and killings have remained widespread.
Southern areas of South Darfur have also experienced repeated incidents of armed robbery and killings, particularly along roads connecting major towns and settlements.
