Um Durman university closed doors because of burning incident

The Sudanese minister of higher education, Mubarak Muhammad Ali Majzoub, issued a statement closing Um Durman university over acts of unrest that took place in the university on Wednesday and resulted in complete burning and destruction of nine installations estimated at a total cost of 2 million dollars.

News reports in Khartoum said that the minister justified his decision to preserving the life of workers and students in the university and the safety of its property. He explained that suspending study at the university "came in order to enable the university, with the support of the ministry, to fix the damage and prepare the university environment for normal study.

The university secretaries council deplored in a statement the decision taken by the minister, describing the incidents taking place at the university as very dangerous.

Scores of students from the ruling national congress party, supported by other groups, broke into Um Durman people's university in the city of Um Durman on Wednesday and burned several buildings in protest, for their conflict with the president of the university over the date for the elections of the Students Union.