Sudan: Woman set on fire, driver shot dead, displaced robbed in Darfur

Source: Radio Dabanga
Woman set on fire, driver shot dead, displaced robbed in Darfur

A resident of El Salam camp, located south of Nyala, capital of South Darfur, sustained severe burns on Tuesday, when militiamen set her and her donkey cart on fire. In Central Darfur, a driver was shot dead on Monday when he refused to pay “toll fees” at a checkpoint set up by militiamen on the Zalingei-Nyala road. Ten displaced were robbed of their belongings in separate incidents during the past few days in Saraf Umra locality, North Darfur.

Speaking to Dabanga, El Salam camp sheikh Mahjoub Adam Tabaldiya reported that “three government-backed militiamen intercepted Nura Shumu El Tom (60) on her way back to the camp with straw she had collected in the area”.

“They tied her to the donkey cart, and ignited the straw. El Tom was seriously injured. Her donkey burned to death,” he said.