West Kordofan marginalisation protests widening
People in towns of West Kordofan have expressed their support for the protesters in Lagawa, who entered their 50th day of a sit-in today.
Speaking to Radio Dabanga from El Hurriya Square in Lagawa town, one of the protesters reported that during the past few days more villagers and state employees in Lagawa locality have joined the civil strike.
“The organisers of the sit-in have successfully contacted people in the locality. They intend to expand their calls to all regions of West Kordofan, with the aim to develop the sit-in into a collective peaceful civil disobedience action,” he said.
People in towns of West Kordofan have expressed their support for the protesters in Lagawa, who entered their 50th day of a sit-in today.
Speaking to Radio Dabanga from El Hurriya Square in Lagawa town, one of the protesters reported that during the past few days more villagers and state employees in Lagawa locality have joined the civil strike.
“The organisers of the sit-in have successfully contacted people in the locality. They intend to expand their calls to all regions of West Kordofan, with the aim to develop the sit-in into a collective peaceful civil disobedience action,” he said.
People in Muglad, Babanusa, Dibab, El Siteeb, and Mairam have affirmed their solidarity with the protesters in Lagawa, according to an activist from Muglad. “All the people in West Kordofan complain about injustice and marginalisation,” he told Radio Dabanga.
“Although West Kordofan is considered one of the richest states of the country, with its oil reserves, animal and agricultural resources, its residents are suffering from a shortage of clean drinking water health, health and educational services, bad roads and infrastructure, in fact a lack of all services.”
He called on “all the people of Kordofan, particularly West Kordofan, to support the Lagawa protests by organising similar sit-ins in their hometowns, in order to achieve their demands”.
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