Sudan’s military sacks commander after tribal clashes

By SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s ruling military has sacked a commander in the southern Blue Nile province after two days of fierce tribal clashes there last week killed at least 230 people. The unrest added to the woes of a country mired in civil conflict and political chaos. Fighting in Blue Nile pits the Hausa tribe against the Berta people. Tensions escalated last week in the town of Wad el-Mahi on the border with Ethiopia. The violence came ahead of the first anniversary of Sudan’s military coup that upended the nation’s short-lived transition to democracy. It has also drawn criticism of the powerful-military, accused of not protecting ethnic groups in the province.