{"id":20130288,"date":"2026-03-31T18:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20130288"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:09:10","slug":"sudan-professors-strike-enters-third-day-as-more-arrests-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-professors-strike-enters-third-day-as-more-arrests-reported","title":{"rendered":"Sudan professors\u2019 strike enters third day as more arrests reported"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sudanese university professors continued a nationwide open-ended strike for a third consecutive day yesterday, with organisers reporting full participation, as security forces reportedly arrested academics and dispersed protest activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Sudanese University Professors Committee<\/a>\u00a0said the strike reached a 100 per cent response rate on Monday, up from 95 per cent on its first day, though Radio Dabanga could not independently verify the figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee reported that security forces in\u00a0El Obeid<\/a>\u00a0detained 11 professors from the University of Kordofan for taking part in the strike and organising a protest vigil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the committee, tens of thousands of professors across 35 universities participated in coordinated protest vigils, both inside campuses and at main gates, raising banners outlining their demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Growing union movement\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike marks a significant escalation in Sudan\u2019s trade union activity, with professors demanding the implementation of a\u00a0revised salary structure<\/a>\u00a0and improved conditions of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional groups, including teachers\u2019 and union bodies, have expressed solidarity with the strike, while further industrial action is reportedly being prepared by workers in higher education institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A teachers\u2019 committee has also formed a higher strike body as part of what it described as an escalating campaign over wages, arrears and working conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trade union observers say the wave of strikes reflects\u00a0mounting economic pressure<\/a>\u00a0on workers amid rising prices and inflation and could signal a broader revival of organised labour activity across Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio Dabanga was unable to independently verify arrest figures or participation rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Arrests and dispersal of protests\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radio Dabanga reported yesterday on the crackdown on academics highlighted by the Sudanese University Professors Committee, with security forces in\u00a0Blue Nile state\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0capital of Ed Damazin reportedly detaining professors from Bakht El Reda University over the strike, while most were later released and at least two remained in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences in Omdurman, police also dispersed a protest vigil and briefly detained two academics. The committee condemned the arrests and called for the release of those still held.<\/p>\n