‘Attack on Darfuri students requires investigation’

A Sudanese researcher and politician at the Institute of Development of Cornell University in the USA urged the UN and human rights organisations to investigate the attacks on women students of the University of Khartoum on Sunday. The researcher, Ahmed Hussein Adam, who is originally from Darfur, considers the violence used by elements of the security forces to evacuate Darfuri women students from the Zahra boarding complex in Khartoum, “part and parcel of the genocide in Darfur”. Via Radio Dabanga, he demanded from the UN, human rights organisations, and the Sudanese government to investigate the “serious assaults”, and bring the perpetrators to justice. He warned that the targeting of the people of Darfur will lead to an increased disintegration of the country. Alternative housing The director general of the National Endowment Fund for Students, Mohamed Abdallah El Nagarabi, told the press in Khartoum on Saturday that the students were requested to vacate the boarding house because the building will be renovated. The students will be offered alternative housing next week. On Sunday morning, security forces raided El Zahra dormitory, and violently expelled the remaining 70 Darfuri women students, who had not left, because they did not have a place to go. Dozens of them were taken to various security detention centres in Khartoum. File photo: University of Khartoum students call for a free and safe environment, 17 August 2014 Related:‘El Intibaha story about students fabricated’: Darfur lawyers (9 October 2014)Women’s initiative condemns ‘racist attack’ on Darfuri students (9 October 2014) Darfuri students detained in Sudan’s capital (8 October 2014)