This comes amid an exchange of responsibility between the two parties to the conflict in Sudan regarding actions that target private and public property, as concern over fighting and the flight of many families increases, so that the phenomenon of ” cities and street gangs”, used for a long time, is back.
Khartoum Governor-designate Ahmed Othman Hamza called on citizens to “raise their sense of security and form neighborhood committees to protect them from looting and theft.” Appeals have also been made to workers in various services “to provide them with the current crisis.”
Fatwa on looting
Amid increasing looting in Sudan, the Ansar Affairs Authority for Da’wa, one of the country’s largest religious bodies, issued a fatwa confirming “a ban on taking anything from the people’s money without the consent of its owners,’ pointing out that “it is not permissible to buy things looted because of the encouragement in this.” plunder and theft.”
The authority also called for “forming committees in different regions and neighborhoods to protect public and private property, collect what he finds looted and confine it in lists, and put it in a safe place under the custody of those which he chooses from among capable people – butchered, and return it to its owners if they find it.”
In their interview with Sky News Arabia, the Sudanese said that the current crisis “has left a difficult humanitarian situation on the ground, in addition to which entire families are forced to flee to states far from the areas of clashes, or flee to neighboring countries such as Egypt or Chad.
They added that “Sudanese states have experienced a shortage of goods and services provided, and the theft of goods has increased, especially government goods, which security can no longer control.”
They pointed to “the formation of popular committees in some areas, where family members protect their property, confront gangs and help local authorities.”
Organized looting gangs are of great concern to citizens and security services in Khartoum.
worsening of the crisis
According to the United Nations, two-thirds of the Sudanese population, or around 15.8 million people, will need humanitarian aid in 2023, while the World Food Program says that more than 5 million people there are suffering from insecurity. eating.
Sudanese writer and political researcher, Maher Abu Al-Goukh, clarified in statements to “Sky News Arabia” the repercussions of the current security situation on a number of points, including:
“The absence of the police and the dismantling of prisons, in addition to the increase in poverty and conditions resulting from the war, which created an environment conducive to the spread of looting and looting crimes that affected the banks, businesses and even the homes of citizens, especially those who have been abandoned by their people following the clashes that took place in the residential areas of Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri.” “The continuation of the war between the warring parties will lead to greater security instability and aggravate shortages of food, water, medicine and fuel in Khartoum, disruption of electronic procurement methods, non-payment of employee salaries and the level high price, and will limit the ability of citizens abroad to transfer money to Sudan. “The scenario of these disasters, which are hitting hard, means that the only option to overcome them is for both sides to immediately stop this war and begin to open safe corridors for the delivery of aid and the gradual return to life in vital areas such as electricity, water, medicine and communications related to internet services and banking applications.” “The cessation of fighting will open the door to the import of basic necessities, pending the repair and restarting of factories destroyed by this war.”
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