Sudan: New military commander appointed for Blue Nile State
Blue Nile state witnessed tribal clashes that killed nearly 200 people.
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Yesterday, the Sudanese army announced the appointment of a new military commander for the state of Blue Nile in Sudan, which witnessed bloody tribal clashes last weekend that killed nearly 200 people.
The official spokesman of the armed forces, Colonel Nabil Abdullah, said in a statement that the military command decided to "appoint a new commander for the Blue Nile Military Region, Major General Rabea Abdullah Adam, in the context of advancing efforts to address the security situation in the region against the background of the recent unfortunate events."
The statement confirmed that the leadership “initiated on Saturday, October 22, a fact-finding committee and assessing the security situation in the region, headed by the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Lieutenant-General Khaled Abdeen Al-Shami, and representatives of the Ministry of Interior and the General Intelligence Service.”
On the other hand, Nile University in the city of Damazin announced “the suspension of studies in all faculties of the university until a term to be called later.”
On Sunday, thousands of protesters gathered in front of the regional government headquarters and set it on fire to protest the escalation of tribal violence.
The state's governor, Ahmed al-Umda Badi, who protesters are calling for his ouster, imposed a state of emergency on Friday, giving security forces full powers to "stop" the tribal fighting.
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