East Sudan Governor Resigns, Protesters Lift Blockade

Beja protesters stage a sit-in outside the secretariat general of Red Sea state's government, in the city of Port Sudan on June 7, 2022, before the governor resigned. (AFP)

A coalition of tribes in East Sudan announced on Tuesday the end of a sit-in which blocked roads to the crucial Red Sea port, after the governor announced his resignation.

The Port Sudan sit-in protested a 2020 peace deal the country's Beja tribes say made too many concessions at the expense of their group, which has long complained of marginalization.