Protests flare in Sudan, citizens arrested

Dozens of residents of residents of El Jareif East were injured and arrested in a massive demonstration on Friday in protest against the government selling their lands and changing the name of the district into Mansheya East. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that the security forces used batons and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, wounding and arresting of dozens of protesters including the engineer Mutassim Algham, Badr El-Din Alhat, Mohamed Abul Gasim, Ali Abdulah Zein, and Abdu Mukhtar Badrodin. Drinking water Several citizens of El Salam and Azhari areas south of Khartoum demonstrated on Friday in protest against the lack of drinking water. They complain that the water crisis has lasted for more than a year without a solution, noting that the price of a barrel of water has risen to SDG 22 ($3.90). Rail stores The staff, workers and storekeepers of the railway in Atbara in River Nile state have ceased work in protest against repeated thefts from the railway stores. They accused the government authorities of stealing the contents of six stores belonging to the railway on Wednesday the evening of Wednesday. File photo by Albert González Farran / Unamid