On student violence in Sudan

Throughout history, universities have been the hotbed of revolutions and political activity.
This is no different in Sudan.
What is different in Sudan, is the level of violence conducted against students and by students.
Political rallies regularly end in groups of students whacking each other with re bar ,sticks,knives,rocks etc.
The government has no hesitation sending in riot police with live munition to 'control' the situation.
Which is to be expected really, that's what dictatorships do.
Student on student and student on staff violence has always been around but taken an escalation lately.
Both the government party and opposition parties {who are muzzled in the national media} use student unions as proxies.
I am not implying that these students are stooges who attack on command, but they do get handed down 'agendas'.
What is even more tragic that in a country where the government spend the vast majority of it's budget on 'defence' and education is becoming less and less significant , the very people to disrupt classes{by burning them down} are the people who should be defending them most.