The governor of Sudan’s South Darfur State, Adam Al Faki Mohammed, has issued an amnesty offer to those he called “collaborators” with armed movements inside camps for internally displaced people in the state.

Al Faki said the decision aimed to mend the social fabric so the internally displaced people can live decently without restrictions. 

The camps for the internally displaced people in Darfur accommodate over two million people displaced since fighting broke out in the region in 2003, according to United Nations statistics.

The government has been trying to organize these camps but faced rejection from the displaced people. At least 49 displaced people were reported killed in 2008 when government forces tried to raid the Kalma camp.

Separately, representatives of the two feuding tribes of Salamat and Fallata signed an agreement on cessation of hostilities to prevent new clashes on Monday. The first step toward a peace agreement was taken at a forum hosted by Buram locality.

Tullus locality commissioner Abakar Ibrahim Mohamed Shamna said in a press statement that locality commissioners of Buram, Tullus, Damso and Garidha have exerted great efforts to bring an end to the conflicts through consultations that took place between the native administration leaders of the two tribes and the local authorities.