"Hundreds" Killed In Inter-Clan ViolenceMarch 4404A report by Brian Kadima the special rapporteur for the World Congress
in Jelbania has detailed an alarming rise
in the ungoverned south-west of the country which is now popularly known as the "Tribal Areas" Violence over domination of major trade routes and mines
in the area has seen hundreds of clan militia, civilians and foreign mine workers killed.
In one disturbing incident near Vrnestrap, Baokrt clan militia attacked Kshulus, a mining town nearby, killing 43 foreigners and 16 locals and then looting the town of everything including digging up copper cables. The enraged clan's Bek Aldrkai Lazrsmrko Baokrt called the report a
"bloody and ill-informed slander" and challenged Kadima to a duel for slurring the honour of the Baokrt clan. Kadima called for immediate World Congress intervention into the Jelbek political crisis which has seen the country's unified government collapse and several region-based government rise up.
A looted house
in Kshulus
Clash Reported Between Katonid and Northern ForcesThere have been reports of a violent confrontation between Katonid border forces and a still unidentified force believed to forces of the Northern Khagan Manil II. Residents at the northern Katonid border town Nodgrad reported gunfire which went on for more than 18 hours and the sound of "large vehicles" moving about the area. Both states claim the right to rule the whole of the steppe and have, many times, vowed to reunify it under the control.
Gen. Mabek named FRJ PremierRet. Lt. Gen Husn Mabek the founding President of the Free Republic of
Jelbania has made a stunning return to frontline politics. The general who was appointed interim President following the Jeztri collapse, won a landslide
in recent elections ousting the Jelbanian Democratic Party with his centre-right Freedom and Honour Party. Following protracted negotations, he has been appointed Wrntusrljikai (Premier) of the Free Republic. He has like any Jelbek leader promised to reunify the steppe, saying that he has a secret plan and hoped to have the support of his people once the wheels went into motion.