SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga – Protests over Darfur violence and discrimination

11/3/2021: Radio Dabanga – Protests over Darfur violence and discrimination

Radio Dabanga report that in protests have erupted in North and South Darfur, with local governors criticised over the spike in violence.

 In Gireda, South Darfur, people protested the presence of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and called for the dismissal of South Darfur governor Mousa Mahdi. The protesters demanded the state authorities end the systematic killings, the repeated attacks, and ethnic discrimination in South Darfur and restore safety in the region. 

In North Darfur, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) held governor Mohamed Arabi responsible for the tribal clashes in Saraf Omra that killed at least 11, claiming that he did not intervene despite being informed of the tense situation before it occurred.