SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Eastern Sudan conference boycotted by key stakeholders

15/1/2020: Radio Dabanga - Eastern Sudan conference boycotted by key stakeholders

Radio Dabanga reports that several key stakeholders boycotted the eastern Sudan peace conference in Khartoum, due to presence of figures affiliated to Omar al-Bashir’s regime.

Hamrour Hussein, a leading member of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) in Kassala, said the acting governors of the three eastern Sudanese states monopolised the selection of conference participants.  “Most of the participants are native administration leaders and academics affiliated with the former regime,” Hussein said.

Ramzi Yahya, an FFC leader from El Gedarif cited acting military governors in eastern Sudan “still implementing the agenda of the former regime.”

Five eastern Sudanese tribal leaders from eastern Sudan said they will not participate in the conference, because they consider the selection of the participants “unsuccessful”.

The Red Sea University also announced its withdrawal from the conference and the return of its delegates to Port Sudan, due to “the absence of the real stakeholders”.