A peace and reconciliation committee in Sudan’s West Kordofan state has asked local authorities to release members of the Ziyoud and Awlad Omran clans of the Arab Misseriya tribe who were arrested this month by security forces.

The state government deployed a security force to create a buffer zone between the two feuding tribes in the state.

Adam Agidat, the head of the peace and reconciliation committee, told Radio Tamazuj that they requested the state governor release some of the arrested men from the two tribes.

Agidat pointed out that the request was accepted by the governor. The mediator who hails from the Rizeigat tribe predicted that the arrested young men will be released in the coming two days.

The security forces have reportedly arrested 29 people from both sides on charges of trespassing delineated corridors for the two tribes. A source in Babanusa town indicated that about eight men were sentenced to one year imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 SDG, while 21 of them are still in Fula Prison awaiting trial.