Sitting of Militia Leaders’ Children for Sudan Certificate Exams Sparks Angry Protests in Nyala

The city of Nyala witnessed mass protests by dozens of citizens and parents in condemnation of what they described as the “political deception and misinformation” practiced by the militia’s government against their children, by forcing them to sit for unofficial examinations while militia leaders sent their own children to sit for Sudan’s official certificate examinations. Around 250 children of militia leaders sat for the Sudanese Certificate examinations.

Eyewitnesses said angry protesters took to the streets to denounce what is known as the “Tasis Government,” the militia’s civilian façade. They said the authorities there had pushed hundreds of students to sit for locally administered examinations that are not officially or internationally recognized, putting their academic futures at risk.

Public anger intensified after credible information emerged that the children of the militia’s senior leadership had been transported and provided with security to sit for the official examinations recognized by the Ministry of Education under the Sudanese government.

Parents described the move as conclusive evidence that the militia recognizes the legitimacy of Sudanese state institutions and their educational credentials, while exploiting and misleading other students in the region by subjecting them to sham examinations.

According to local sources, militia forces responded to the protesters with excessive force and used violence to disperse peaceful gatherings in the city’s streets, amid a security campaign involving arrests, pursuit, and restrictions.