SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - South Darfur sit-in enters fourth day

27/7/2020: Radio Dabanga - South Darfur sit-in enters fourth day

 Radio Dabanga report on a sit-in in Gereida in South Darfur, following the attack on Abdos village that killed 15 and wounded over 25.

 The protesters demand that the director of Gereida locality, the local police chief, the commander of the Gereida army garrison, the army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) troops in the area are replaced, as well as urging an investigation into the RSF involvement in the ‘Abdos massacre’, opening of police stations in all areas where displaced have returned, a specialised Public Prosecutor in the locality, the removal of settlers from the farms of the displaced, and more army forces in the area. Protesters also demand clean drinking water, agricultural machinery and better medical facilities.

 RSF deputy commander Abdelrahim Hamdan visited the sit-in and announced compensation for the families of the dead, a generator for Gereida, two new hospital wards and water wells each and seeds for farmers.