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Fighting must stop immediately - former Sudanese prime minister
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Abdallah Hamdok in 2021
Image caption: Abdallah Hamdok in 2021
Former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok has made a statement in a video posted on his Facebook account.
He says the "exchange of fire must stop immediately" and calls on the Sudanese people to "stay strong".
Quote Message: My first message is to General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the leaders of the Sudanese military, and to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, and the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The exchange of fire must stop immeditately, and the voice of reason must rule, everyone will lose, and there is no victory when it is atop the bodies of our people." from Abdallah Hamdok Former Prime Minister of Sudan
My first message is to General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the leaders of the Sudanese military, and to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, and the leaders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The exchange of fire must stop immeditately, and the voice of reason must rule, everyone will lose, and there is no victory when it is atop the bodies of our people."
Abdallah Hamdok
Former Prime Minister of Sudan
He asks the Sudanese people not to allow "the drums of war to take over", before issuing a plea to the international community to "do their duty in finding a solution".
Hamdok served from 2019 until he was ousted in the October 2021 coup, before being reinstated again a month later.
He resigned last year after long-running disagreements with the army.
Source and further updates by the BBC here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-65285254
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British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has tweeted in the last few moments.
He says the violence in Sudan "must stop immediately".
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