A/HRC/14/41 airstrikes and ground attacks by the SAF supported by armed militia groups on 29 September. A UNAMID assessment mission to the area reported that Government planes dropped bombs on the western part of the village, destroying more than 30 dwellings. The bombings appeared to be indiscriminate as they failed to distinguish between military and civilian targets. 55. On 25 November 2009, the Government Central Reserve Police Force and the SAF carried out an attack on two villages near Malha, North Darfur, in apparent retaliation for a previous attack carried out by an unknown armed group on a Government convoy. Eyewitnesses reported looting of shops and the destruction of a water pump. In Western Darfur, there were reports of clashes between the JEM and Government forces from 2 to 8 January 2010 near Silea. No casualties were reported. 56. Tribal clashes stemming from resource-related disputes, particularly in North and South Darfur, continue to affect the civilian population. In Shangil Tobayi, North Darfur, ongoing fighting between members of the Birgid and Zaghawa tribes from September to October 2009 resulted in more than 20 civilian deaths, among them women and children. The Zaghawas were reportedly supported by members of the Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minnawi (SLA/MM), while the Birgid received some support from the SLA Free Will and Government forces. In the Kass locality of South Darfur, dozens of people were killed when fighting broke out on 20 and 25 March 2010 between the Rezeigat Abala and the Misseriya Baggarat Arab tribes. The two groups have had long-running feuds over rights to natural resources, including water and land. At least 13 people were killed and many civilians were displaced. In Al Ban Jadid, north of Nyala, South Darfur, more than 50 civilians were killed and dozens wounded in renewed clashes between the Rezeigat and alSaada tribes. The clashes over cattle rustling broke out on 20 April 2010 and reportedly involved the use of heavy weapons. Both sides reportedly suffered heavy casualties. 57. During the reporting period, persistent attacks were conducted against humanitarian workers and UNAMID staff, including abductions of international aid workers and armed ambushes against peacekeepers. A total of 111 United Nations vehicles were carjacked in 2009. These incidents underscore the extremely difficult and volatile condition in which UNAMID and other actors on the ground are implementing their respective mandates. They also reflect the continued pattern of lawlessness and the corresponding failure of the State to provide security in the region. In Kutum, North Darfur, two female staff members of international non-governmental organizations were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in July 2009 and released in mid-October. In August 2009, two UNAMID international civilian staff members were abducted from their residence in Zalingei, West Darfur, by unidentified gunmen. The two were held in captivity for more than 100 days until their release in December 2009. An international employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross was released on 18 March 2010 after being abducted in El Geneina and held in captivity for a total of 147 days. On 15 April 2010, four peacekeepers were forcefully taken outside their team site in Nyala, South Darfur, by unidentified armed men. The four were released unharmed on 26 April. 58. UNAMID personnel were also targeted by direct attacks on five occasions during the reporting period, resulting in the death of six peacekeepers. On 29 June 2009, a group of unidentified armed men attacked a UNAMID police convoy in El Geneina, firing several shots at the convoy and injuring the commander of the unit. On 26 August, a UNAMID patrol team of three vehicles and one armoured personnel carrier was attacked approximately 3 kilometres away from the Fataborno camp for internally displaced persons in North Darfur. On 28 September, one peacekeeper died and two others were seriously injured in an ambush by unknown armed men on a UNAMID convoy carrying civilian, police and military staff members in El Geneina. On 4 and 5 December 2009, five UNAMID peacekeepers were killed and four seriously injured in two separate ambushes in 14 GE.10-13648