Khartoum: At least seven people have been killed in clashes between Arab and non-Arab groups in Sudan's unrest-plagued Darfur region, according to state media reports on Saturday.

According to witnesses, fighting broke out on Wednesday about 20 kilometres from Nyala, the capital of the South Darfur state, pitting Arab herders against farmers from the Daju minority and other non-Arab ethnic groups.

The reason why the fighting started was not immediately apparent.

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According to the official SUNA news agency, a group of camel-riding herders attacked the village of Amuri on Friday, leaving the area burned and four people dead. They also added that two people were killed between Wednesday and Thursday.
According to the news agency's report, which was based on a government statement, another person was killed when fighting reached nearby villages, which were "partially burned" as shops were pillaged.
According to an AFP report from a medical source, Nyala hospital treated at least 20 patients for gunshot wounds.

According to SUNA, security forces were sent to the area to stop the violence.
In Darfur, a vast region the size of France that was devastated by a vicious civil war that erupted in 2003, ethnic clashes frequently occur.

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Rebels from ethnic minorities faced off against the Omar Al-Bashir government at the time, which was dominated by Arabs.

According to the United Nations, 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million were displaced.

Violence still breaks out between settled farmers and nomadic herders over access to scarce water and grazing land, despite the fact that the conflict has subsided over the years.

The crippling effects of a military takeover led by Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan in October of last year are still being felt in Sudan.
A preliminary agreement to end the crisis was signed by civilian organisations and the military earlier this month, but it has received criticism for being "opaque."

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According to a report released this month by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, conflicts in Sudan's remote regions have killed about 900 people this year and displaced almost 300,000.