100 dead in Darfur tribal fighting: Sudan state radio

Sudanese soldiers keep watch as they sit next to civilians in the Shangil Tobaya area for displaced people in North Darfur state, on June 18, 2013. By Ashraf Shazly (AFP/File)

Khartoum (AFP) - Fighting between rival Arab tribes in Sudan's Darfur region has killed 100 people, state radio said on Saturday.

"The number of casualties has grown to 100" after battles between the Misseriya and Salamat tribes, Radio Omdurman said in a brief bulletin sent by SMS.