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Sudanese refugees clash

    NAIROBI

    Five people were killed and 50 hospitalised last week in clashes between two Sudanese communities at the Kakuma refugee camp in northwestern Kenya. According to the ‘Daily Nation’ on Friday, the fighting was sparked when a Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) platoon commander, a Dinka, was killed in an ambush 12 km from the border by bandits of the Didinga community. Between 4,000 to 6,000 refugees, mostly women and children, have been displaced since the violence began on Wednesday. A UNHCR spokesman told IRIN today that the situation remains tense. Negotiations are being held between the community leaders, local authorities and UNHCR.

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