The Chamber of Commerce (CoC) in Delling, South Kordofan, announced the completion of their first successful day of market closure yesterday, in protest of the excessive taxation levied at market vendors nationwide.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported today that programmes to combat the fallout from floods, disease outbreak, and displacement in Sudan are only 36 per cent funded.
The National Consensus Forces (NCF) reject movements towards a political settlement, following a number of meetings between Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council and the tripartite mechanism.
Police have reportedly arrested one suspect after six people were severely beaten during an armed robbery by bandits in South Darfur on Sunday.
As the harvest season for sesame, millet, and corn begins, farmers in Bielel locality, east of Nyala, capital of South Darfur, have appealed to the state government and security authorities to intervene urgently in order to protect the agricultural season by intensifying the presence of security forces.