Sudan’s east witnesses protests over transportation crisis
January 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Police in the coastal town of Port Sudan
used tear gas to disperse protests by angry commuters stranded due to
lack of public transportation.
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File - Southern Sudanese men carry their belongings to buses
headed to southern Sudan, at a staging area 20 miles south of
Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 (AP)
The demonstrators blocked major highways in the city after gathering
in the central market and accused bus owners of skipping work during
peak hours for unknown reasons.
The police’s intervention resulted in slight injuries among some
elderly people, eyewitnesses said. A number of Port Sudan officials
flocked to the main bus station to defuse the situation.
The head of Port Sudan’s bus drivers union accused some local MPs of
inciting citizens to demonstrate following an increase in
transportation fares.
But a member of Port Sudan’s local assembly from Ouhaj locality pushed
back saying that the union should have sat down with them before
increasing the fares.
Vehicle components and other imported goods have soared in price since
Sudan lost the bulk of its foreign exchange earnings when South Sudan
separated in July 2011 with roughly 75 percent of the oil produced by
formerly-unified Sudan.
(ST)
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