SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources: FFC-CC Framework Agreement signatories reject Egyptian dialogue proposal

18/1/2023: Multiple sources: FFC-CC Framework Agreement signatories reject Egyptian dialogue proposal

The Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC) officially rejected an Egyptian dialogue initiative, describing it as a platform for the “counter-revolutionary forces.”

The framework agreement was not signed by the pro-coup FFC Democratic Bloc (FFC-DB) faction, which includes a pro-Egypt faction of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

Sudan Tribune quoted Egyptian researcher Amani al-Taweel to say that Egypt’s move aims to ensure the participation of a DUP faction led by Jaafar al-Mirghani. Although his brother al-Hassan leads another faction participating in the process initiated by the framework agreement, Sudan Tribune highlight “rumours in Khartoum” that Egypt only trusts Jaafar - who served as a presidential assistant to the ousted Omar al-Bashir.

The FFC-CC maintains that the only FFC-DB groups allowed to sign are the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) as they signed the Juba peace agreement.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga – More than 80 killed in attacks on West Darfur

18/1/2021: Radio Dabanga – More than 80 killed in attacks on West Darfur

 Radio Dabanga’s report on the attacks that killed more than  80 in al-Geneina notes that the West Darfur Doctors Committee says that the curfew imposed to contain the situation is impeding medical services, which are already complicated by dire local health facilities.

The Committee reported a shortage of doctors and nurses, equipment, anaesthesia and medicines, medical staff, blood donors, and obstacles reaching “the few hospitals in the town” due restricted movement. They urged the authorities “to secure the health facilities in the town and provide guarded transport for medical personnel to reach the hospitals and clinics in the town, as well as the wounded stranded in the areas that were attacked, and to deliver medical supplies to the treatment centres”.

Relatives of the victims and members of the Resistance Committees demand the urgent dispatch of doctors, nurses, and medicines, and the speedy transfer of the seriously wounded people to Khartoum.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AFP - Fears about Sudan's Darfur after 130 killed in days of fighting

18/1/2020: AFP - Fears about Sudan's Darfur after 130 killed in days of fighting

AFP’s report that 47 died in fatal clashes “between the powerful Arab Rizeigat tribe and the Fallata, a cattle and camel herding people who trace their roots to the Fulani of western Africa” in South Darfur.

Providing context on inter-ethnic conflict in Darfur, AFP state that “decades of conflict have left the vast western region awash with weapons and divided by bitter rivalries,” despite the recent peace agreement. Key issues include land ownership and access to water, AFP add.

Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, was quoted writing he feared it was the "return of the ugly face of war in Darfur", warning that it "could worsen" with peacekeepers "on their way out". "International support must not fade," Egeland said. "Humanitarian aid and protection should again be scaled up."

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - Tribal clashes leave dozens dead in 2 Sudanese provinces

18/1/2020: AP - Tribal clashes leave dozens dead in 2 Sudanese provinces, by Samy Magdy

 AP’s report on clashes between “non-Arab” Fallata and Rizeigat tribes in al-Tawil village in Nyala, South Darfur cites local media sources that state the violence left at least 60 dead and 40 wounded. The violence was reportedly sparked by the killing of a shepherd, he said.

Mohammed Osman, a Sudan researcher at Human Rights Watch, said the tribal violence in Darfur is an example of why many displaced people protested the end of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID)

“As UNITAMS now is in charge, the (UN Security Council) and international community should make sure that the new mission is well positioned to fully discharge its mandate, in particular on protection of civilians, monitoring and reporting on human rights abuses,” he said.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Over 40 killed in South Darfur clashes

18/1/2021: Multiple sources – Over 40 killed in South Darfur clashes

 Over 40 people were  killed as a result of bloody confrontations between the Fallata and Rizeigat tribes in Al-Tawil area of Gereida locality, about 100 km south of the South Darfur State’s capital Nyala.  The Fallata and Rizeigat tribes clash often over stolen livestock.

The Fallata trace their origins to the Fulani people of west Africa, whereas the Rizeigat are an Arab-identifying tribe.