State of Emergency imposed in East Darfur

14/10/2014 14:27

The Sudan Armed Forces Army have admitted that a brigadier was molested by militiamen in Ed Daein, capital of East Darfur, on Thursday. Today, the State of Emergency will be imposed in the entire state of East Darfur. On Thursday, elements of the paramilitary Border guards, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by the security apparatus, raided a train in Ed Daein on Thursday in search of weapons.It was rumoured that the train, en route from Nyala to Khartoum, transported large quantities of arms and ammunition for Ma’aliya militant tribesmen in East Darfur’s Adila locality. Tensions between the warring Ma’aliya and Reizeigat in East Darfur are running high these days.Col. Sawarmi Khalid Saad, the spokesman for the Sudanese army, acknowledged in a press statement on Monday that Brig. Gen. Esam Mustafa Surour, commander of the 25th Division in Ed Daein, was severely beaten by paramilitary combatants, when he attempted to prevent them to raid the train. On Sunday, the spokesman had denied the assault.RSF leaders said that the brigadier abused the militiamen, who then responded by molesting him. Apart from searching the train, they plundered a number of shops in the vicinity of the train station. Curfew The commissioner of El Daein locality, Ali El Taher Sharef, informed Radio Dabanga that the State of Emergency would be announced for East Darfur state on Tuesday.“A curfew will be imposed from 7 pm until 7 am, to curb the widespread acts of killing, kidnapping, and plundering by outlaws”. File photo: Train passengers were forced to wait outside while the train was searched for weapons by militia troops, 9 October 2014 (Radio Dabanga correspondent) Related:Rizeigat, Ma’aliya clash in Sheiria, East Darfur (13 October 2014)Militias search Nyala train for weapons in East Darfur (10 October 2014)

The Sudan Armed Forces Army have admitted that a brigadier was molested by militiamen in Ed Daein, capital of East Darfur, on Thursday. Today, the State of Emergency will be imposed in the entire state of East Darfur.

On Thursday, elements of the paramilitary Border guards, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by the security apparatus, raided a train in Ed Daein on Thursday in search of weapons.

It was rumoured that the train, en route from Nyala to Khartoum, transported large quantities of arms and ammunition for Ma’aliya militant tribesmen in East Darfur’s Adila locality. Tensions between the warring Ma’aliya and Reizeigat in East Darfur are running high these days.

Col. Sawarmi Khalid Saad, the spokesman for the Sudanese army, acknowledged in a press statement on Monday that Brig. Gen. Esam Mustafa Surour, commander of the 25th Division in Ed Daein, was severely beaten by paramilitary combatants, when he attempted to prevent them to raid the train. On Sunday, the spokesman had denied the assault.

RSF leaders said that the brigadier abused the militiamen, who then responded by molesting him. Apart from searching the train, they plundered a number of shops in the vicinity of the train station.

Curfew

The commissioner of El Daein locality, Ali El Taher Sharef, informed Radio Dabanga that the State of Emergency would be announced for East Darfur state on Tuesday.

“A curfew will be imposed from 7 pm until 7 am, to curb the widespread acts of killing, kidnapping, and plundering by outlaws”.

File photo: Train passengers were forced to wait outside while the train was searched for weapons by militia troops, 9 October 2014 (Radio Dabanga correspondent)

Related:

Rizeigat, Ma’aliya clash in Sheiria, East Darfur (13 October 2014)

Militias search Nyala train for weapons in East Darfur (10 October 2014)