SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Eastern Sudan Gov announces plan for peace

9/10/2020: Radio Dabanga - Eastern Sudan Gov announces plan for peace

 Radio Dabanga report that Kassala governor Saleh Ammar  proposed an initiative to achieve peace and social coexistence in eastern Sudan “as a result of recent violence in the region and the importance of social coexistence.”

 One of the seven parts of the proposal is to organise a meeting between the governor and Sayed Tirik, Chairman of the Beja Nazir Council and Nazir of the Hadendawa clan, who leads the opposition to the eastern Sudan track protocol that is part of the Juba Peace Agreement.

 Ammar declared his readiness to accept all possible alternatives to ensure progress of the track, intending to include the rights of political and societal components and resistance committees in the state.

 The initiative also included a proposal to stop the escalation of social violence and racist hate speech on social media.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - 14 people detained in container by militiamen in South Kordofan freed by joint force

9/10/19: Radio Dabanga - 14 people detained in container by militiamen in South Kordofan freed by joint force

 Radio Dabanga reports that a joint committee of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and anti-gold mining committees in Talodi locality in South Kordofan managed to release 14 people detained by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in El Tagoula mine.

 The RSF reportedly placed the detainees in a closed container as a makeshift detention centre where they stole their belongings and the property of others.

 Dr Bushra Gamar, director of the Sudanese Human Rights and Development Organisation (HUDO) said residents living near the gold mines resorted to calling for the army to protect them, protesting in front of a local garrison.

 Gamar said that the SAF officers apologised to the people for what happened to them, and promised to return their stolen propery – including four motorbikes and cash. He added that four women were severely beaten and robbed of their property.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan cabinet outlaws mercury, cyanide in mining

9/10/19: Radio Dabanga - Sudan cabinet outlaws mercury, cyanide in mining

Radio Dabanga reports that the Sudanese cabinet has issued directives calling an immediate halt to the use of toxic mercury and cyanide in mining operations in Sudan following mass protests in South Kordofan and elsewhere in the country.

 Cabinet ministers ordered that a proportion of profits generate by companies have to be allocated to developing local communities.

 Information minister Faisal Salih also announced that environmental observers have been dispatched to report on any environment harms.