SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - General strike: RSF storm Central Bank of Sudan, electricity company

29/5/19: Radio Dabanga - General strike: RSF storm Central Bank of Sudan, electricity company

 Radio Dabanga reports that  Rapid Support Forces (RSF) troops stormed the offices of the electricity company in the El Riyad district, as well as the Central Bank of Sudan.

 In a statement, the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) in the electricity sector, said that the RSF forced staff at some Khartoum offices to sell electricity to RSF troops at gunpoint. The RSF detained 10 striking employees, before releasing them after their colleagues threatened to cut off the electricity supply.

 Witnesses said that regular forces imposed a tight siege on the premises of the Khartoum branch of the Bank of Sudan, detaining employees and forcing them to hand them their salaries.