SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Resistance Committees 'do not agree' with Darfur's El Geneina sit-in

29/1/2021: Radio Dabanga - Resistance Committees 'do not agree' with Darfur's El Geneina sit-in

 Radio Dabanga report that Resistance Committees in al-Geneina of West Darfur condemned a sit-in held by Arab tribespeople who are protesting the policies of the West Darfur government by closing roads, bridges and air routes. The Arab protesters demand the dismissal of the local governor, removal of camps for internally displaced persons and a restructured police force.

However, al-Geneina Resistance Committees claim: "the sit-in was started in the name of certain tribes and was led by a number of supporters of the ousted Omar al-Bashir regime," expressing their support to the governor “who gained his position [due to] the Sudanese revolution.”

The governor and his employees belong to the Masalit, a non-Arab sedentary tribe. The sit-in has caused a lack of supply of basic goods, including medical supplies, according to the Resistance Committees.