Radio Dabanga - East Darfur activists condemn RSF militia behaviour in Abu Karinka

8/8/2020: Radio Dabanga - East Darfur activists condemn RSF militia behaviour in Abu Karinka

 Radio Dabanga reports that Resistance Committees active in Abu Karinka locality in East Darfur have strongly criticised the violent behaviour of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the area.

 The Abu Karinka Resistance Committee alleges that the RSF move through residential areas and markets with their vehicles mounted with Dushka machine guns and other heavy weapons and provoke and ridicule the people, as well as intimidating the residents of the locality by using whips, shaving the heads of young men to degrade them, and besieging young women and girls at the markets and in cafes.

 They call on the local police chief, the commander of Abu Karinka garrison, and the director of Abu Karinka locality to intervene and stop the assaults as soon as possible.

 Radio Dabanga note that the forced shaving of heads is a common practice by the RSF  ‘to educate young people with western-style hair cuts’.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters – Sudan’s annual inflation rate climbs to 52.59% in July

8/8/19: Reuters – Sudan’s annual inflation rate climbs to 52.59% in July

 Reuters reports that Sudan’s annual inflation rate hit 52.59% in July, from 47.78% in June, state news agency SUNA said.

 Inflation increased due to rising prices of food items such as meat, bread and grains, SUNA reported.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Professionals Association, Umma Party will not join Sudan govt.

8/8/19: Multiple sources – Professionals Association, Umma Party will not join Sudan govt.

• Sudan Tribune

• Radio Dabanga

 Both the Sudanese Professionals Association and the National Umma Party announced on Thursday that they will not take part in the upcoming government, to be established after the signing of the Constitution Declaration on August 17.

 The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) said in a statement that it will not be part of the joint military-civilian Sovereign Council and the Cabinet of technocrats, to be selected by the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC).

 The SPA however said that it will participate in the Parliament “as an independent supervisory authority”.

 The National Umma Party said it will also only take part in parliament, declaring a “mobilisation programme for its members to protect the gains of the revolution.”