Sudan: 81 killed in Darfur, says rights group

A US-based human rights group has claimed that 81 civilians in the war-affected Western Darfur region of Sudan were last week massacred by Arab militia groups aligned with the Sudanese government. The Centre for the Prevention of Genocide (CPG) said it had received confirmation that the massacres were perpetrated by the Janjawid militia, during an attack on the town of Shatatya and its surrounding villages on 10 February.