Over 700 Beja militants who voluntarily demobilized after the peace agreement was signed some years ago, with the expectation that they would be given jobs in the Sudanese Army, or in a police force, have been on sit-in strike for almost a month, as they still wait for placements.
From a report on RadioDabanga:
A sit-in strike by 769 demobilised Beja Congress fighters at the
Office of Reintegration and Demobilisation in Port Sudan, capital of Red
Sea state, has entered its 24th day, apparently without any resolution
in sight.
The ex-combatants complain that the government has not absorbed them
into the civil and military services as stipulated in the Eastern Sudan
Peace Agreement (ESPA) signed in 2005.
Hamid Idris, a member of the Legislative Council of Red Sea state,
told Radio Dabanga that the demobilised
Beja Congress fighters are
maintaining their sit-in for the 24th consecutive day without the
national or state governments responding to any of their demands.
Idris cautioned that disregarding the demands of demobilised combatants could lead to an escalation of the situation.
The provisions of the ESPA on security arrangements called for the
return of Beja Congress combatants from Eritrea, where they were based,
and their integration into the Sudan Armed Forces under Disarmament,
Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) supervision.
etc
August 25, 2013
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