Women accuse pro-SAF fighters of harassment at Merowe checkpoint

Women accuse pro-SAF fighters of harassment at Merowe checkpoint

Women travelling through northern Sudan have accused pro-SAF mobilised fighters at a checkpoint in Merowe of harassment and extortion, triggering anger on social media and renewed concern over the conduct of armed groups operating in areas controlled by General al-Burhan’s SAF. The complaints, first circulated by women online and reported by Sudanese outlet Al-Sayha, centred on the Merowe checkpoint, where travellers said women passing through t…