Ma'aliya members of the East Darfur Youth Commission staged a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Justice in Ed Daein this morning, in protest against the silence of the authorities regarding the repeated clashes between the Ma'aliya and Rizeigat tribes in the state. During the sit-in, the youth members handed a protest note to the a representative of the Ministry containing their demands for resolving the conflicts between the two tribes. Azrag Hassan Humeida, chairman of the Youth Commission told Radio Dabanga that they sent copies of the protest memo to the Darfur Regional Authority in North Darfur, and the Presidency, the National Parliament, and the Council of States in Khartoum. He explained that "all reconciliation conferences between the Rizeigat and Ma'aliya in the past have been to no avail. After each conference, new conflicts erupted, with disastrous results to the people living in Abu Karinka, Adila, and the neighbouring localities. This means that the conferences failed. "The imposition of the rule of law in East Darfur, the arrest of the perpetrators, and bringing them to a fair trial, will be a valid base for reconciliation between the tribes in East Darfur. Peaceful coexistence can never be reached when the perpetrators are freely moving around."
