source: Sudan Tribune
actor1: Protesters (Sudan)
actor2: N/A
location: Gedaref
notes: On 9 August 2021, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Gedaref state (event presumed to have occurred in the state capital of Gedaref city, Madeinat Al Gedaref locality), denouncing the trajectory of the Eastern Track of the Juba Peace Agreement. The source indicates demonstrators are opposed to the continued marginalization of the region; poverty and a lack of water; and to political and 'demographic' interference by countries to the east (meaning Eritrea and/or Ethiopia). It is not clear whether the demonstrators are aligned to either of the ethnic blocs (the Beja clans and the Beni Amir) who are at the center of the contention around the peace agreement, although Beja elites have continually asserted that Eastern Sudan's demography has been artificially changed by the arrival of Beni Amir 'foreigners'. [size=hundreds]