♦ This week’s news in brief ♦
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan’s highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
A compact weekly digest of Dabanga Sudan's highlights of the news from Darfur and Sudan
♦ Medical strike in Sudan expanding
October 10 – 2016 KHARTOUM The strike of medical doctors in Sudan has gained more support as paediatric specialists and surgeons, psychiatrists, and dentists have downed their tools as well.
The Central Committee of Doctors announced in a statement on Sunday that the strike extended to 90 government hospitals in the country over the weekend.
Medical sources explained to Radio Dabanga that over the weekend the authorities have dispatched medical equipment and medicines to hospitals in Khartoum. About 20 kinds of life-saving medicines and medical equipment, “stacked for a long time”, were brought in from stores belonging to the Khartoum State Health Ministry. “We wonder why we need to strike to receive the hospitals’ daily requirements.”
Following a spate of attacks and armed robberies on doctors, medical professionals across Sudan embarked on an open-ended strike on Thursday, demanding protection while working, a pay rise, and better working conditions.
In a statement on Sunday, the State Syndicate of Medical and Health Professionals reported "58 recent cases of assaults on medics. Half of the attacks are perpetrated by police and security agents”.
♦ Sudanese university police unit 'heavy-handed'
October 6 – 2016 KHARTOUM Students of the University of Khartoum have complained of repeated attacks by the university police, which has been newly formed to replace the campus guards.
The latest attack was on 4 October against student Ahmed Tareg of the Faculty of Arts who was hit with an electrical cattle prod. Tareg lost his balance, was temporarily paralysed, and had bruises on his chest.
The students have demanded the abolition of university police, restructuring the university guards and condemned the police treatment of students which they described as inappropriate.
The Khartoum University re-opened on Monday after a four-month closure.
On Wednesday the Environmental Sciences and Geography students announced a strike from study until the dismissed students and the Students' Union are returned.
Khartoum University Chancellor, Professor Ahmed Mohamed Suleiman, has announced forming a committee of senior professors to engage in dialogue with students and respond to all student initiatives.
More highlights from Radio Dabanga:
Sudanese teachers threaten strike as well
October 10 – KHARTOUM The threat of another strike looms in the Sudanese public schools, with government teachers planning to stop working unless their demands are addressed. In a statement on Sunday,…
Sudan's Dialogue members agree on National Document
October 10 – KHARTOUM On Sunday, the members of Sudan’s National Dialogue Conference passed the National Document that will form the basis for the country’s Permanent Constitution. The opposition groups…
North Darfur couple slain as herdsmen invade lands
October 7 – 2016 KABKABIYA Armed herdsmen shot and killed a displaced couple as they tried to defend their lands in North Darfur on Friday. Witnesses told Radio Dabanga that four herdsmen riding camels drove their livestock…
Darfur displaced call for investigation into chemical weapons
October 7 – 2016 DARFUR Leaders, Sheikhs, youth and women’s associations in the camps for the displaced in Darfur have called on the USA, the UN Security Council, the African Peace Council and the international…
Second Sudanese paper gagged this week
October 5 – 2016 KHARTOUM Agents of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) seized the print run of El Jareeda newspaper from the presses on Tuesday, without giving any reasons. The seizure of…
Child deaths rising among displaced in Tawila, North Darfur
October 4 – 2016 TAWILA Poor healthcare and lack of nutrition have led to a rise in deaths among children in the new Rwanda (B) camp in Tawila, North Darfur, over the past five months.The new nutrition…
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