SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - World Bank halts Sudan operations in blow to coup leaders, strike calls gain support

27/10/2021: Reuters - World Bank halts Sudan operations in blow to coup leaders, strike calls gain support, by Khalid Abdelaziz

Reuters report that  state oil company workers, doctors and pilots joined civilian groups opposing the military campaign through campaigns of civil disobedience.

 

Workers at state oil company Sudapet said they were joining the civil disobedience campaign to back the stalled democratic transition and pilots from the national carrier Sudan Airways have gone on strike, as have pilots from carriers Badr and Tarco Airlines.

 

Central Bank employees have also stopped work in a further setback for the functioning of the economy. Doctors belonging to the Unified Doctors' Office group of unions also said they were striking.