SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Current dialogues over Sudan’s thorny issues called ‘elitist’

9/1/2023: Radio Dabanga - Current dialogues over Sudan’s thorny issues called ‘elitist’

Radio Dabanga report that Darfur’s displaced have labelled “elitist” the series of workshops held by the signatories of Sudan’s framework agreement.

Lawyer al-Moez Hazrat said that conferences on transitional justice held in “air-conditioned ivory towers” will not be able to achieve justice. He called for holding one of the planned workshops on transitional justice in a camp for the displaced in Darfur emphasising how holding grassroots conferences with the participation of stakeholders is especially important [as] we would benefit from the views of native administration leaders in this transitional justice process.”

Sheikh Abdelrazeq, a leader of Darfur’s displaced, said the “elitist” workshops will not achieve justice as “they are confined to Khartoum without any coordination with the victims.” He called on the signatories to reach out to people in Darfur.

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Ayin Network – Darfuris fear their new protectors

9/1/2021: Ayin Network – Darfuris fear their new protectors

Ayin’s feature on the withdrawal of the UN-African Union peacekeeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) highlights fears among internally displaced that they will be protected by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Osman Adam, a Kalma camp resident, asked: “The same people who kill us, take our land; the same people who [displaced us] are now going to protect us?”.

According to Adil Ali Yacoub, a resident of Gereda in South Darfur, intercommunal conflict between Fallata pastoralists and Masalit farmers were triggered by the RSF’s local head ignoring a directive to keep Fallata away from the area until a reconciliation conference took place.

With the pastoralists being more heavily armed, there is no chance of peace being restored so that the displaced can return home, said Musa Ali Shumo.

Meanwhile, in Jebel Marra in Central Darfur, factional fighting within the Sudan Liberation Movement over gold mines has displaced 27,000.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan opts for justice to settle Darfur tribal clashes

9/1/2020: Sudan Tribune - Sudan opts for justice to settle Darfur tribal clashes -

Sudan Tribune reports that Sudanese government said that the traditional reconciliation mechanisms are no longer valid in settling tribal conflicts, stressing that the judiciary should hold accountable those involved in the recent tribal events in West Darfur.

Faisal Mohamed Saleh the Minister of Information and the government spokesman explained that the government discussed the El-Geneina massacre and that the Attorney General formed an investigation committee to hold those responsible for the violence to account.

Saleh said that the government meeting "acknowledged” that the traditional methods of resolving tribal disputes through state interference, holding tribal reconciliation conferences and paying blood money are no longer effective, and that matters will now be settled by the judiciary.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s PM Hamdok makes ‘historic visit’ to rebel-held zone

9/1/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s PM Hamdok makes ‘historic visit’ to rebel-held zone

Radio Dabanga reports that Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok visited Kauda, stronghold of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction led by Abdelaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu).

The visit is historic as it has been a no-go area for Sudanese government officials since the war broke out in South Kordofan in 2011.

Addressing a mass rally in Kauda Hamdok called on all members of the armed resistance movement to join the peace process “so that all the people of Sudan get engaged in the building of the new Sudan.”

Hamdok stressed that peace is the top priority of his government in the transitional period.

Hamdok said that the main pillars of peace depend on addressing the root causes of the crisis, which is based on citizenship, multi cultures, respect for the other, and broad participation in the peace-making, especially among women and youth.