'I told my people to run for their lives' - Sudan

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Taringa, Sudan

Firing guns into the air, attackers on camels and horses galloped into the dusty Sudanese village of Taringa four months ago, sending people fleeing for their lives and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

The raid on Taringa in January was similar to attacks on many other villages and towns in Sudan's impoverished western Darfur province, where 14 months of fighting between the government and two main rebel groups have killed thousands of people and forced more than 860 000 others to flee.

"When we returned , we found our houses burned down, properties looted and sorghum stolen," village chief Mohammed Eissa Suleiman said on Monday during a government-led tour of the region.

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