‘Traditional courts to handle North Darfur village, camp disputes’: Sheikh
The commissioner of Tawila locality in North Darfur, Mohamed Ahmed Adam, has reportedly agreed to set up “traditional courts” to handle disputes that occur in villages and in camps for the displaced. A sheikh told Radio Dabanga that the native administration leaders, youth and women’s unions, sheikhs and omdas of the Tawila camps representing 23 tribes, filed a memorandum in a meeting with locality’s commissioner on Friday. They demanded the establishment of traditional courts to settle the disputes that occur in villages and camps. The sheikh said that the Commissioner Adam has approved their request. File photo: A market in Dali camp for displaced persons at Tawila (Albert González Farran/Unamid)
The commissioner of Tawila locality in North Darfur, Mohamed Ahmed Adam, has reportedly agreed to set up “traditional courts” to handle disputes that occur in villages and in camps for the displaced.
A sheikh told Radio Dabanga that the native administration leaders, youth and women’s unions, sheikhs and omdas of the Tawila camps representing 23 tribes, filed a memorandum in a meeting with locality’s commissioner on Friday. They demanded the establishment of traditional courts to settle the disputes that occur in villages and camps.
The sheikh said that the Commissioner Adam has approved their request.
File photo: A market in Dali camp for displaced persons at Tawila (Albert González Farran/Unamid)
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