More than 15,000 people displaced in new Darfur violence, U.N. says

FILE PHOTO: Internally displaced girls ride donkeys during a sandstorm outside ZamZam IDP's camp in Al Fasher, northern Darfur April 13, 2010. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Renewed tribal violence near the western Sudanese city of El Geneina over the past week has displaced more than 15,000 people, the United Nations said.

The war-weary Darfur region has seen an increase in violence recently, humanitarian groups say, which analysts link to a peace deal signed in October 2020 that has led to some groups to jostle for power while not adequately addressing security concerns.