48 people have died in the Darfur region of Sudan after violence broke out between two people in a camp, doctors' union and an aid worker said on Sunday as the violence continued. Among the dead were many women and children living in the camp.

The fatal clash quickly escalated after a fistfight started between two residents in a camp for displaced people in Genena and a man from the Arab Rizeigat tribe was stabbed to death.

Family members took revenge on the Krinding camp and other areas on Saturday.

Another attack against the Abu Zar camp was also reported on Sunday morning.

Another 97 people were injured in the attacks. The death toll is expected to rise according to the doctors' union.

They also "called for the securing of health facilities" and access to transport to assist medics to help those who were injured.

Sudan is currently undergoing a power shift. The violence occurred just a couple of weeks after the UN Security Council announced the withdrawal of a joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission from Sudan.

The UN peacekeeping force was working in the region for the last 13 years before its withdrawal a few weeks ago.

Sudan is pursuing a path towards democracy after overthrowing the autocratic president, Omar al-Bashir.

Curfew has been imposed in the affected region all market and public gatherings are ordered to be closed.

The central government in Khartoum has also sent a delegation of high-ranking officials including the country's top prosecutor to try and maintain order in the region.

The recent hostilities have challenged the transitional government's capacity to stabilize the conflicted Darfur region and establish order.