Port Sudan — Today, the Beja people in Port Sudan commemorate the 12th anniversary of the killing of 21 peaceful protesters in Port Sudan's Deim El Arab district.
On 29 January 2005, government forces violently quelled a demonstration calling on Khartoum to allocate more resources to the marginalised region inhabited by the Beja tribe. In addition to the 21 people killed, popularly referred to as "martyrs", more than 400 protesters, among them women and children, were injured. Hundreds of demonstrators were detained.
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