SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Nierteti sit-in lifted, other protest vigils continue in Sudan

16/7/2020: Radio Dabanga - Nierteti sit-in lifted, other protest vigils continue in Sudan

 Radio Dabanga report that while the sit-in in Niertiti in Central Darfur has been lifted after a number of local officials were dismissed and a joint security force will secure the agricultural season, sit-ins calling for security, justice, and improved services are still ongoing in several parts of Sudan.

 Following the positive response by the government on the sit-in of Nierteti in Central Darfur, similar vigils were launched in Kutum and Kabkabiya in North Darfur, Ed Daein, Bahr El Arab and Yassin in East Darfur, Misterei in West Darfur, and other parts of Sudan.

 Minister of Information Faisal Mohammed Saleh reportedly welcomed the Darfur Bar Association (DBA) proposal to convert Sudanese sit-ins into grassroots conferences, “to broadly and formally discuss the issues in a broad manner”, saying the Cabinet will support the DBA in developing the proposal.