Sudan - El Gezira Agricultural Workers Demand Housing, Services

12 November 2019

Khartoum / El Gezira — Seasonal labourers in El Gezira, allied in the Kanabi Congress, demand better housing and services. They attribute the disregard by former state governments to racism.

Most of the seasonal labourers - called kanabi (camp workers) in Sudan - in the state moved from western parts of the country, including many from Darfur, in the last century in search of work in the El Gezira Agricultural Scheme. The workers settled on the outskirts of villages and near irrigation channels and water banks.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 500 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.