A Sudanese military plane crashed in the western Darfour region on Thursday evening, killing all 16 people on board, including two women and two children, the military said.
Several officers were also among those killed when the plane went down in the restless region of West Darfour, which has recently witnessed deadly ethnic clashes.
The plane, a Russian Antonov An-12, crashed five minutes after taking off from the airport in the town of Genena, according to an army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Amer Mohammed al-Hassan, who posted a statement late Thursday on the official Facebook page of the Sudanese armed forces. The town of Genena has recently witnessed clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs that killed at least three dozen people, including women and children, according to a health official and a local aid group who spoke to the AP earlier this week.
The clashes pose a challenge to efforts by Sudan's transitional government to end decades-long rebellions in areas like Darfur. In response rebel groups from Darfur pulled out of peace talks with the government and called for an investigation.
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