Fighting has broken out again in the Sudanese region of Darfur after several months of relative calm.

The government army has carried out air strikes on rebel positions in the mountainous Jebel Marra region in northern Dafur. Sources say about 20 civilians were killed in the strikes; it is not clear if any rebels were killed. The UN peacekeeping force UNAMID will send a team to the region to investigate the incident.
 

At the end of last month, UNAMID head Martin Luther Agwai said the war in Darfur was over. The UN says the six-year conflict in the region has claimed the lives of at least 300,000 people. About 2.5 million people have fled the violence.