Continued Clashes Leave Darfur’s Security Situation Tense, UN Reports

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–24 May 2010 – The security situation in the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur remains tense and unpredictable due to ongoing clashes between Government forces and rebels, the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission there said today.

The mission, known as UNAMID, confirmed that fighting is continuing between the Sudanese forces and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) near Um Sauna, a village in South Darfur.

The fighting, which started on 19…