The death toll from tribal clashes in Geneina, the capital of West Darfur state, rose to 56, according to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors on Tuesday.
The committee said in a statement that 78 more people were injured, bringing the number of those wounded in the violence to 132.
The UN says at least 56 people have been killed in clashes in Sudan's Western Darfur region that have forced almost 4,000 people to flee to neighbouring Chad pic.twitter.com/HydRLrYIIJ
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The bloodshed, which started on Saturday, is the latest in a resurgence of violence in the Darfur region since the signing of a peace agreement late last year and the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers.
Sudan has declared a state of emergency in West Darfur after at least 40 people were killed in intercommunal violence pic.twitter.com/mNJIG9esl2
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