Amnesty International Urges Sudan to Probe Darfur Gold Clash

Sudan must investigate claims that its security forces played a role in tribal fighting over gold-mining rights in the western region of Darfur that left as many as 200 people dead, Amnesty International said.

Fighting began Jan. 5 between members of Beni Hussein and Rizeigat tribes over rival claims to a gold-rich area in Beni Hussein territory in northern Darfur, the London-based human-rights group said today in a statement. Local residents said the instigators of the violence included officers of the Border Intelligence Brigade, part of Sudan’s military intelligence, according to Amnesty.