Hassan Sheikh Eddin, head of the opposition National Umma Party in Sudan’s West Kordofan, has accused the state government of excluding other political parties from solving running tribal feuds in the state.

Speaking to Radio Tamazuj in an interview, Sheikh Eddin accused the government of failing to address the root causes of tribal conflicts in the state, which affected the lives of people negatively. "Lenient policies toward the security of the citizens have caused a bad social situation, so it has affected mutual ties between the people," said Sheikh Eddin.

The state government is excluding the other political parties from handling tribal problems, while they themselves are unable to address the matter, according to the opposition leader. His party, the Umma Party, is long-established in the state since before the founding of the ruling National Congress Party.

Eddin cited tribal conflicts, insecurity and harassments as failures of the ruling government. "All these have affected the economic situation, and also affected the performance of political parties, the political activity has stopped due to the problems that exist in the area and investigated by the government, but the government is not involving the other political parties and it is unable to solve these problems," he added.