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December 22 - 2020 KHARTOUM An independent national commission has started its in-person investigation on the violent dispersal by government forces of the protesters at the sit-in in front of the Sudanese Army General Command in Khartoum on June 3, 2019, causing the death of at least 127 demonstrators.
The investigation began with the questioning members of the military component of the Sovereign Council. The commission, headed by the human rights lawyer Nabil Adib, questioned Lt Gen Yasir El Atta, member of the Sovereign Council, for two hours in the presence of leading members of the commission. It is expected to investigate the remaining members of the military component in due course.
December 19 - 2020 KUTUM / DELLING / WALI
Young farmer in South Kordofan (Nuba Peace)
A farmer was killed by militant herders in North Darfur this week, and a herder was killed and three others were injured in attacks by gunmen in South Kordofan.
Activist Yahya El Khumus told Radio Dabanga that Mudasir Mousa was tilling his farm on Thursday, in the area of Um Lamina in Kutum, North Darfur, when herders forcefully moved their camels and cows into his farm. When he confronted them, they shot him. He died instantly.
El Khumus said that members of the Kutum security committee, present in the area, managed to arrest two of the perpetrators.