Sudan: Port Sudan Violence Continues Despite Curfew, Army Presence

13 August 2020

Port Sudan — In Port Sudan, tribal fighting continued for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday despite a full curfew and the arrival of military reinforcements in Red Sea state. The death toll on the fourth day's clashes reached five. 13 others were wounded. A number of houses and shops in the Port Sudan neighbourhoods Um El Gura and El Shuhada went up in flames. Several vehicles were destroyed as well.

The Red Sea state Doctors' Committee reported that the police decided to withdraw from the Port Sudan Teaching Hospital yesterday because of their inability to control the situation and provide protection.

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