Khartoum - At least 40 civilians were killed and 25 wounded in an April 11 attack believed to have been carried out by the Janjaweed militia in the war-torn Darfur region, the UN mission in Sudan reported on Monday.
"A group of armed men, allegedly Janjaweed militia, attacked Abujogh Market (north Darfur) and seven other villages," the mission said in its daily report.
"The attackers reportedly used 30 vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and artillery. Reportedly, 40 civilians were killed and 25 others were wounded," it added.
US deputy secretary of state John Negroponte, who spent five days in Sudan, said on Monday as he was leaving the Sudanese government must rein in the Janjaweed militia, which has been used by the government to quell the rebellion that erupted in the western Darfur region in 2003.
"The government of Sudan must disarm the Janjaweed, the Arab militias that we all know could not exist without the Sudanese government's active support," he said. Read more >>>
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Stop the atrocities in Darfur Now!
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