SUDAN NEWS ALERT: 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.