NCP and Darfur students clash in Khartoum and El Obeid
Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday between National Congress Party students and Darfur students, at both Sudan University for Science and Technology in Khartoum, and the University of Kordofan in El Obeid. A number of students from both sides were wounded by the attacks. The violence erupted against the backdrop of the university administration’s denial of Darfur students to sit their exams for not paying the registration fees. They reacted with a political speech and discussion corner at the University of Kordofan in El Obeid. During their preparations on Wednesday, students loyal to the National Congress Party (NCP) attacked. Heavily armed militias on cars stormed in and fired their guns inside the campus.According to a student of the United Popular Front, who prefers anonymity, 17 students were injured and another two students are missing after the attack in El Obeid’s university. They were still missing on Friday afternoon. Earlier, Vice President El Haj Adam Yousif has instructed the students of the ruling NCP to ban the activities of Darfur students protesting in universities.”More protests” An association of Darfur students in the universities stated on Thursday that they reject “the division of Darfur students into displaced people and refugees.” Everyone in the region is affected by the war, the students said. “In case the universities’ administration continue to refuse free education to all Darfur students, we will enter sit-ins at all universities,” they added. The Darfur students appealed to all the Sudanese students, human rights organisations and journalists to support their cause.File photo: University students protest in Sudan (by Albert Gonzalez Farran, UN) Related: Sennar University Faculty cancels Darfuri students’ registration (26 November 2013) Babanusa students: ‘return of banned Darfuris or we quit’ (30 October 2013)
Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday between National Congress Party students and Darfur students, at both Sudan University for Science and Technology in Khartoum, and the University of Kordofan in El Obeid. A number of students from both sides were wounded by the attacks.
The violence erupted against the backdrop of the university administration’s denial of Darfur students to sit their exams for not paying the registration fees. They reacted with a political speech and discussion corner at the University of Kordofan in El Obeid. During their preparations on Wednesday, students loyal to the National Congress Party (NCP) attacked. Heavily armed militias on cars stormed in and fired their guns inside the campus.
According to a student of the United Popular Front, who prefers anonymity, 17 students were injured and another two students are missing after the attack in El Obeid’s university. They were still missing on Friday afternoon.
Earlier, Vice President El Haj Adam Yousif has instructed the students of the ruling NCP to ban the activities of Darfur students protesting in universities.
“More protests”
An association of Darfur students in the universities stated on Thursday that they reject “the division of Darfur students into displaced people and refugees.” Everyone in the region is affected by the war, the students said.
“In case the universities’ administration continue to refuse free education to all Darfur students, we will enter sit-ins at all universities,” they added. The Darfur students appealed to all the Sudanese students, human rights organisations and journalists to support their cause.
File photo: University students protest in Sudan (by Albert Gonzalez Farran, UN)
Related:
Sennar University Faculty cancels Darfuri students’ registration (26 November 2013)
Babanusa students: ‘return of banned Darfuris or we quit’ (30 October 2013)
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