SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Khartoum-Port Sudan highway paralysed by protestors

29/7/2020: Radio Dabanga -  Khartoum-Port Sudan highway paralysed by protestors

 Radio Dabanga report that Eastern Sudan faces widespread unrest and disruption, including the 3-day blockage of the Khartoum-Port Sudan highway, in the absence of an official reaction to the demands of protestors.

 In Kassala, protesters closed a number of government institutions and ministries to protest against the appointment of the new governor: Saleh Ammar, a Beni Amer tribesman with a military background.

 The High Council of Beja Nazirs (a state-appointed administrative chief of a tribe, according to the native administration system in Sudan) and Independent Chieftains conditioned the opening of the road with an official response to the demands they submitted to the Sovereign Council and the Cabinet.

 Beja chiefs say they will opt for self-determination for eastern Sudan (Red Sea state, Kassala, and El Gedaref) in the event the demands are rejected.