Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudanese nationals living in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum said they fear of their lives as uncertainty and tension reign in the city after days of mass protests against military rule,resulting in the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister.
Prime MinisterAbdallah Hamdok resigned on Sunday after months of political turmoil as civilians mount demonstrations demanding return to full civilian rule.
The protests, which have been raging since October when military officers took power in a coup, have been met with deadly force by security forces resulting in more than 50 deaths among demonstrators, according to the pro-democracy Sudan Central Doctors’ Committee.
Mr Hamdok’s decision to quit leaves the army in full control, and another blow to Sudan’s fragile attempts at a transition to democratic rule after a popular uprising led to the overthrow of Sudan’s long-term authoritarian President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
A South Sudanese national and resident of Omdurman, twin city of Khartoum, said attacks on South Sudanese nationals by protestors have increased drastically since protests began.
The citizen who preferred to be only identified as Mary to protect her identity told Juba Monitor that South Sudanese are robbed of their properties in broad daylight as they go to marketplaces to buy food.
“When you are found moving on the road as women and majorly a South Sudanese, they will attack you and take whatever thing you might be carrying, for instance, a phone,” the urban South Sudanese refugee said in a phone interview with Juba Monitor yesterday.
Activist Edmund Yakani urged South Sudanese leaders exert efforts onbringing Sudanese parties and leaders to common understanding and rescue the country from slipping into instability, adding that the political developments in Khartoum have negative impacts on progress in bettering relations of the two sisterly countries (Sudan and South Sudan).
The Executive Director for Community Empowerment for Progress Organization(CEPO)pointed out that the crisis in Khartoum continues to push away the long-awaited border reopening that would have boosted trade and economic developments in the two Sudans.
“We are worried that the development in Sudan has impact on our borders mainly on the agreement that was reached upon between Sudan and South Sudan. So, my appeal to President Salva Kiir Mayardit on this current crisis is to comment on the political development in Sudan, because he is the guarantor in Juba Peace agreement for peace in Sudan,” the activist said.
The Sudanese civilian and military leaders had made an uneasy power-sharing agreement after the army staged a coup on the 25 October and initially placed Prime Minister Hamdok under house arrest.
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