Omdurman — The Sudanese security service prevented a press conference staged by El Gezira and El Managil alliance of farmers in Omdurman. The farmers wanted to announce plans to take their case to court.
Security agents blocked the entrance of the building, the headquarters of the National Umma Party, to prevent people from entering. Mohamed El Jack Abu Shamma, leading member of the farmers' alliance, told Radio Dabanga: "The aim of the press conference is to inform people that the Sudanese government has committed deliberate damage to the agricultural scheme, with their aim to sell it."
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