{"id":184032,"date":"2014-11-17T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sit-in-for-drinking-water-in-west-kordofan\/"},"modified":"2014-11-17T12:41:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T12:41:00","slug":"sit-in-for-drinking-water-in-west-kordofan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sit-in-for-drinking-water-in-west-kordofan","title":{"rendered":"Sit-in for drinking water in West Kordofan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents of Lagawa locality, West Kordofan, have embarked on an open sit-in at ‘Freedom Square’, demanding the improvement of basic services such as water, roads, electricity, health, and education. Meanwhile in West Kordofan, the final reconciliation conference between two clans of the Misseriya Humur tribe started last weekend.<\/p>\n

Adam Hamadin Mohamed, the coordinator of the sit-in committee, told Radio Dabanga that their protest will not be lifted unless all their demands are met. He revealed that there is a lack of electricity and that the roads in the region, north-west of Kadugli, are poor. The water in the locality is unsafe for drinking. \u201cThis is the cause of many diseases the residents are suffering from.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lack of road maintenance has led to the loss of many national roads, the Minister of Roads and Bridges, Abdel Wahid Ahmed Yousuf, confirmed. In a press statement on Sunday, he blamed the Road and Bridges Corporation for its inability to carry out timely maintenance. The costs of constructing roads and bridges in Sudan has increased by 360 percent, Yousuf said, owing to the lack of maintenance and a presidential decree which increased crossing fees.<\/p>\n

Final Misseriya conference in En Nahud<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The speakers at the Awlad Imran-El Ziyoud conference in En Nahud stressed the importance of the tribal reconciliation between the clans on Sunday, and called for the rejection of intolerance and rivalries between different tribes.<\/p>\n

A source close to the peace committee told Radio Tamazuj that the conference was supposed to take place in En Nahud town 7 November but was extended so that the necessary arrangements could be made.<\/p>\n

In late October, the two Misseriya Humur clans signed a cessation of hostilities agreement in El Fula town, by recommitting themselves to respect a previous truce.<\/p>\n

Recent clashes erupted between the Awlad Imran and El Ziyoud over a piece of land left more than 44 tribesmen dead.<\/p>\n

File photo: A dry road in South Kordofan state (Radio Dabanga file photo)<\/em><\/p>\n

Related:<\/em><\/p>\n

South Kordofan activists detained for demanding water, electricity<\/a> (13 October 2014)<\/p>\n

Sudan’s Misseriya clans clash again in West Kordofan<\/a> (29 June 2014)<\/p>\n

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