SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sit-ins spread in Sudan

13/7/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sit-ins spread in Sudan

Radio Dabanga report that new sit-ins have spread across Sudan, with protesters from west Sudan’s Darfur region to East Sudan’s Kassala, demanding security, rights, freedoms, justice, better living conditions. Protesters also expressed displeasure difficult agricultural conditions, the absence of roads, and the continued presence of officials affiliated to Omar al-Bashir’s ousted regime.

 The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) said the protests are “a model for the reconstruction of Sudan at local and national levels,” adding that peaceful sit-ins can be further developed through conferences, workshops, focus groups, interviews, and employing media to display issues.

 The DBA called for permanent dialogue mechanisms, engagement with the authorities in Khartoum and the states, and the development of medium to long-term strategic plans which outlines proposals for solutions, that are to be implemented by the authorities and those responsible for organising the sit-ins.