SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Eastern Sudanese lawyers: Clashes are political, not tribal

22/5/2020: Radio Dabanga - Eastern Sudanese lawyers: Clashes are political, not tribal

Radio Dabanga report that the Eastern Sudan Lawyers' Association have called for a range of solutions to deal with rising violence in eastern Sudan, arguing that the causes are political rather than tribal. These include: 

• The formation of an independent investigation committees and the establishment of special courts in Red Sea state, Kassala, and El Gedaref.

• The formation of a forum of “wise and influential people” to deal with violent conflicts.

• The establishment of a special prosecution office for information crimes should be established, blaming “the negative role of the media by using hate speech and stirring up tribal strife…contributing directly to tribal mobilisation.”

• For eastern Sudanese universities to research the causes of the violence and offer appropriate solutions.

• They end of illegal housing “that forms the basis for many crimes”.