Sudan: Darfur WFP Staff Demand Payment 'Since 2010'

16 February 2017

El Fasher — Dozens of Sudanese staff of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) staged a protest in front of the organisation's headquarters in El Fasher in North Darfur on Wednesday, demanding the payment of their financial entitlements, some allegedly dating back to 2010.

Speaking on behalf of the protestors, Abdulaziz Hamid Fadlallah said that the committee represents 167 employees in North Darfur who he says have been arbitrarily dismissed and more than 600 others from Nyala, El Geneina, and El Fasher who have not been paid financial dues.

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