Sudan–Central African Republic Border Reopens After Three-Day Closure

South Darfur – Sudanese Echoes

Native administration sources reported on Monday that the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), together with local forces, reopened the border with Sudan following a calm in security conditions.

A cautious calm has returned to the border area after clashes erupted last week between tribes along the two countries’ frontier, prompting hundreds of families to flee into Sudan.

A representative of the native administration in Um Dafug told Darfur24 that UN forces in the Central African Republic, in coordination with local authorities, reopened the crossings and allowed citizens to pass after three days of closure.

The Sudanese native administration in Um Dafug also sent a delegation to the Um Dafug area on the Central African Republic side, where both administrations agreed to hold a meeting to resolve the crisis.

Meanwhile, the militia controlling Sudan’s western border withdrew its military reinforcements, which had been deployed last week due to rising tensions, following requests from local authorities in the area.

The border region has witnessed recurring communal violence between the Kara tribe in the Central African Republic and several Sudanese tribes around Um Dafug in South Darfur.