Residents and traditional leaders in Sudan’s Um Dafuq locality forced its executive director to leave on Tuesday, accusing him of neglecting basic services and returning after months away to collect revenues, Darfur24 reported.
Community representatives gathered outside Mohamed Adam’s office in the South Darfur border locality and demanded his departure before he was sent to the state capital, Nyala, the outlet said.
Residents alleged that Adam collected revenues during the previous season without delivering service projects. They said he left in June without appointing a replacement, leaving health, education and border problems unresolved.
Traditional leader Abdel Karim called on the South Darfur administration to appoint a competent replacement.
Um Dafuq, more than 200 kilometres from Nyala on the Central African Republic border, faces severe isolation when seasonal floods cut roads.
Residents told Darfur24 that 11 pregnant women died during childbirth while the rural hospital was closed for months because it lacked a doctor. The hospital resumed operations in October with UNICEF support, according to the report.
The report did not include a response from Adam to the allegations.
