KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen attacked a village in Sudan's Darfur region on Wednesday, killing about 20 civilians, a Sudanese army spokesman said on Thursday.
"It was a tribal clash, the armed forces had nothing to dowith it. About 20 people were killed including the mayor of thevillage and a prayer leader," the spokesman said.
International experts estimate some 200,000 have died and2.5 million have been forced to flee their homes since theconflict flared in 2003 when rebels took up arms against thecentral government, accusing it of neglecting the region.
The United States calls the violence a genocide. Sudanrejects this and says only 9,000 people have lost their lives.
(Reporting by Alaa Shahine; Editing by Robert Woodward)
