EASTERN SUDAN DILEMMA!
According to Sudan Tribune online outlet, three Beja ethnic groups have disavowed a 2-day protests organized by the Supreme Council of Beja tribes besides faction from the Sudanese Revolutionary Front, against the peace deal signed recently in Juba especially the part concerning Eastern Sudan. Port Sudan, the capital city of Red Sea State was the scene of those protests.
However, the crisis of Eastern Sudan is deeply rooted and lasted from long time without absolute solution despite the attempts of the ousted regime to initiate Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement.
It is apparent that some regional parties are involved in igniting the situation in the area considering the recent conflicts in the three eastern Sudan states (Red Sea, Kassala, and Gedaref). Those regional parties took advantage of the fragile security conditions in those areas to involve in fragmentation of the social fabric, hence escalating intertribal conflicts and clashes.
The protestors claimed that the signed peace agreement has ignored two major issues which are the marginalization practiced towards eastern Sudan by the successive governments since independence as citizens of those areas live dire conditions as they are suffering from poverty, ignorance and spread of diseases.
This necessitates from the central government to work out an emergency development plan to meet the urgent requirements of the people there represented by the continuation of reconstruction projects to achieve considerable balanced development.
By doing this we can avoid the calls of self-determination requested by some components of the region as what had happened in Sinkat city recently.
I believe that self-determination is not an effective solution considering that not all Eastern Sudan components prefer it.
It is high time for the people of eastern Sudan to sit in a roundtable negotiations to come out with an agreed on recommendation for the sake of eastern Sudan region development.
The central government has recognized the crisis as the security and defence council held an urgent meeting to deal with the dilemma before it is too late to contain it.
I conclude that it is better than never.
