El Fasher, September 23(Darfur 24) The governor of South Darfur, Hamid El-Tijani Hanoun, was subjected to an armed robbery incident on Saturday while traveling from the city of El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, to the city of Kosti in White Nile State.
According to a government source, the governor of South Darfur, Hamid Hanoun, and the former governor of Central Darfur, Adeeb Abdel Rahman Youssef, were subjected to a looting incident by armed men after they left the city of Al-Rahad in North Kordofan and all the property they possessed was looted while they were traveling on board a bus.
The governor of South Darfur had arrived in the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, coming from the city of El Daein, the capital of East Darfur state, after leaving Nyala via the city of Buram.
He moved to the city of Al-Nahud with a group of people from the localities of Al-Komah and Umm Kadada, east of Al-Fasher. After arriving in Al-Nahud, the elders of the region advised them to leave four-wheel-drive cars so that they would not be looted on the way, and to use travel buses.