Sudan: East Darfur Citizens Threaten to Block New Oilfield

24 December 2012

Ed Daein — Inhabitants of East Darfur have threatened to block the opening of a new oil well at the border of the East Darfur state and North Kordofan. Citizens in Adila, a village in East Darfur, held a demonstration on Monday 24 December and handed over a petition to the local commissioner.

They protest the presence of the governor of North Kordofan during the opening ceremony on the January 1, the Independence Day of Sudan.

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