Tribal clashes kill 1, injure 55 in Algeria's Ghardaia

One man was killed and 55 others were injured Sunday in tribal clashes in the Algerian province of Ghardaia, about 600 km south of the capital Algiers, a local medical source told Xinhua. After less than two weeks of relative calm, violence flared up again between the tribe of Chaamba (Arabs) and the Mozabites ( Berbers) Friday in Ghardaia, where belligerents used swords and Molotov cocktails, according to witnesses. The clashes first erupted more than a month ago, leaving a dozen people injured, before elders of the two communities reached a truce under the mediation of the government. In recent years, various localities in Ghardaia, with a population of some 200,000, have been rattled by violent clashes between Mozabites and Chaamba tribes.