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| Deadly clashes in camp in Darfur | Deadly clashes in camp in Darfur |
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| A police officer has been killed and four people have been injured in clashes in Kalma camp in Darfur, Sudan's UK ambassador has told the BBC. | A police officer has been killed and four people have been injured in clashes in Kalma camp in Darfur, Sudan's UK ambassador has told the BBC. |
| Omar Seddeek said rebels have been infiltrating camps in Darfur and said some were trying to provoke the security forces into an armed conflict. | Omar Seddeek said rebels have been infiltrating camps in Darfur and said some were trying to provoke the security forces into an armed conflict. |
| A Kalma camp spokesman told Reuters news agency that government soldiers had surrounded the camp around dawn. | A Kalma camp spokesman told Reuters news agency that government soldiers had surrounded the camp around dawn. |
| Some 2m people have been displaced by the four-year conflict in Darfur. | |
| 'Human shields' | 'Human shields' |
| Correspondents say Kalma - with a population of some 90,000 residents - is one of Darfur's most volatile camps and has been the scene of riots and kidnappings in the past. | Correspondents say Kalma - with a population of some 90,000 residents - is one of Darfur's most volatile camps and has been the scene of riots and kidnappings in the past. |
| "At 6am the government of Sudan moved 2,000 soldiers to surround the camp," Kalma camp spokesman Abu Sharrad is quoted as saying. | |
| The move follows attacks in the past week on police posts in South Darfur, Reuters reports. | |
| Mr Seddeek told the BBC's Arabic service that rebels were using the camps' residents as human shields. | Mr Seddeek told the BBC's Arabic service that rebels were using the camps' residents as human shields. |
| He said there would be an inquiry into Tuesday's violence. | He said there would be an inquiry into Tuesday's violence. |
| A 26,000-strong UN and African Union peacekeeping force is to be deployed to the region by the end of the year to help the 7,000-strong AU force that has failed to stem the violence in the region. | A 26,000-strong UN and African Union peacekeeping force is to be deployed to the region by the end of the year to help the 7,000-strong AU force that has failed to stem the violence in the region. |
| Earlier this month, most of Darfur's rebel groups agreed on a common position and called for talks with Sudan's government within two or three months. | Earlier this month, most of Darfur's rebel groups agreed on a common position and called for talks with Sudan's government within two or three months. |