A driver was killed and four other people injured when pro-government militiamen allegedly opened fire on a commercial vehicle in Buram locality in South Darfur on Saturday.

A witness said that the vehicle was carrying people who had been shopping in Buram. Driver Ahmed Gaier reportedly died on the spot, while four other people were injured.

The wounded have been taken to Buram hospital for treatment.

In a separate incident in Darfur, militiamen ambushed three buses on the road from the South Darfur state capital Nyala to El Geneina in West Darfur as they passed near Nyama, just south of Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur.

Witnesses said that the militiamen waited at a bend in the road, which forced the buses to slow down, before opening fire.

The insurgents then reportedly robbed the passengers of all the money and goods in their possession. The value of their haul is estimated at “thousands of pounds”.

File photo by Albert González Farran/Unamid

Reporting by Radio Dabanga