150 killed in two days of conflict in Sudan

News Desk: At least 150 people including women and children have been killed in the last two days of ethnic riots in Sudan's Nile River Province. According to Al-Jazeera, the clash occurred on October 19 and 20 over a land dispute. The head of the province's Wad al-Mahi hospital said, "A total of 150 people died in the clashes on Wednesday and Thursday." Among the dead are women, children and the elderly. 86 people were injured in the incident of violence.” A land dispute between the Hausa clan and opposition groups began last week. In the last two days, it turned into a fierce conflict. Local people said that many people are leaving the area due to heavy firing and fire. The incident occurred about 500 kilometers south of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Eddie Rowe, the head of the United Nations aid program in Sudan, expressed his deep concern over the incident. He said, “I have heard that as many as 170 people have died since the unrest started on October 13. More than three hundred were injured." According to the United Nations Organization for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 149 people died in the first week of October in ethnic riots that started in July. Another 13 people died in renewed violence last week. The Hausa community has long been marginalized in Sudanese society. After the July clashes, Hausa protests broke out across the country. In a recent statement, they demanded an end to the 'genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Hausa population'. Many ethnic groups live in the Nile River Province of Sudan. A tense situation has prevailed between them for decades. Hate speech and racism often exacerbate tensions between these groups.