25 September 2011 - UNAMID received reports of clashes between local farmers and nomads in Tamaru village, 25 kilometers northeast of Saraf Umra, North Darfur, on 22 September. Disputes over animals grazing in the farms, resulted in three farmers and two nomads killed and two farmers injured. UNAMID is working to obtain more details of the incident.

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