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Monday, January 01, 2024

Sudan: Video of how Khartoum sky looked as it welcomed a new year: explosions, raids, and the sounds of rifles and weapons, with a few fireworks

THIS New Year's Eve post at X/Twitter by @AlMigdadHassan0, translated by Google, says: "Latest updates from Sudan’s capital Khartoum 1st January 2024. This is how the sky of the capital looked as it welcomed a new year: explosions, raids, and the sounds of rifles and weapons, with a few fireworks. However, the hope is in God that these voices will be silenced forever, and that we will live in peace, security, prosperity, and development. Be well". 

ENDS 

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THIS New Year's Eve post at X/Twitter by @AlMigdadHassan0, translated by Google, says: "Explosions and sounds of gunfire along with the smell of gunpowder…. These are the celebrations to welcome this year in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum".

Note, Al is a correspondent for @AlArabiya @AlHadath Channels in Sudan and is a Khartoum University Pharmacy Graduate “Making Peace Possible”.

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THIS post at X/Twitter by @AlMigdadHassan0, translated from Arabic by Google, says: "Breaking News: 31 Dec 2023. Sudanese army fighters bombed several sites in the Rapid Support areas southeast of Khartoum a short while ago. 11:30 pm 9:34 PM · Dec 31, 2023 from Khartoum North, Sudan". 

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

VIDEO CNN EXCLUSIVE: Newly-freed Sudan PM Hamdok made deal to avoid bloodshed and a civil war

NOTE from Sudan Watch Editor: In this excellent exclusive video interview with CNN, the newly-freed Sudan Prime Minister Hamdok explains why he compromised in a deal with Sudan's military. 

The video interview can be viewed in the original (see link below) of the following report. The interviewer asked good questions and received good answers from Mr Hamdok. 

It’s heartwarming to see that he looks strong, fit and well, proving that some news reports saying he looked 'frail' and 'haggard' are not true at all. Naturally, he must have been under a great deal of strain and exhausted from working non-stop ever since his shocking arrest with his wife at their home on Oct 25.

Ever since Mr Hamdok has been at home, there has been a stream of high level international visitors meeting with him in person throughout the time he was under house arrest with guards outside his home. 


Fortunately, he has a wonderful wife. They were arrested together and taken to the home of the military coup leader, Gen. Burhan, after which they were taken home and received high level contacts. More later. 


CNN EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW REPORT

  • By Becky Anderson, Eoin McSweeney, Zeena Saifi and Noon Salih, CNN
  • Yassir Abdullah and Eyad Kourdi contributed to this report
  • Updated 1710 GMT (0110 HKT) Tuesday November 23, 2021
  • Newly-freed Sudanese PM tells CNN why he took military deal
  • (CNN) Sudan's newly reinstated prime minister told CNN on Tuesday [Nov 23] that he compromised in a deal with the country's military in order to "avoid bloodshed" and a civil war.
  • Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other ministers were detained during a military coup last month that saw the country's power-sharing government dissolved; more than 40 people have since been killed in protests.
  • But the country's military chief, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, reinstated Hamdok on Sunday as part of a deal between the military and civilian leadership in the country,
  • In an interview with CNN on Tuesday [Nov 23], Hamdok said he "regretted the bloodshed" that had followed the October 25 coup; he said the agreement had been signed in order to "avoid further killing."
  • "This a not a personal interest for me," he said. "There is a motto that says you will die for country. I took the right decision."

  • Under the deal agreed by Hamdok and Al-Burhan, Hamdok again becomes leader of the transitional government, which was first established after strongman President Omar al-Bashir was ousted in 2019.

  • The Council of Ministers, which was dissolved on October 25, will be restored and the civilian and military leadership will share power. The constitution will be amended to outline the partnership between civilians and the military in the transitional government.

  • But the agreement also includes as yet unspecified restructuring, according to Mudawi Ibrahim, a prominent official in the National Forces Initiative (NFI) which helped mediate the talks, and it has been met with resistance in Sudan.

  • Police fired tear gas at a large group of protesters near the presidential palace in Khartoum on Sunday, according to eyewitnesses on the ground.

  • The deal was rejected by Sudan's Forces of Freedom and Change coalition (FCC), which insisted there was "no negotiation, no partnership, nor legitimacy for the coup plotters."

  • On Monday, Ibrahim told CNN that the agreement was "very humiliating for the Prime Minister," adding that it had been accepted "for the sake of the country."

  • "There are so many people dying on the streets ... so the Prime Minister had to take this step and accept the humiliation," he said.
  • But Hamdok, who had been held under house arrest until Sunday, refuted the idea he had been humiliated and insisted he had made the right choice.

  • He called the agreement with the military imperfect and deficient, but said the decision to sign it was taken in order to avoid a catastrophe.

  • "There is a perfect agreement and there is a workable agreement. If you wait for a perfect agreement, you will be waiting too long and it will be too late," he said.

  • He said he was confident in the military and pledged to work with them to "establish a fair roadmap" for the future of Sudan.

  • The deal, signed on live television, calls for the release of all political prisoners arrested by security forces following the coup.
  • Only nine prisoners out of 31 have been released so far, Hamdok said; he called for the immediate release of those still in detention.

  • "This is the number one agenda item," he added. "I will not rest until all of them are released."

  • Yassir Abdullah and Eyad Kourdi contributed to this report.
  • View original and the video interview here: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/23/africa/sudan-abdalla-hamdok-interview-ctw-intl/index.html
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INTERVIEW PM Hamdok: FFC in Sudan will remain effective - Release of all political detainees asap

Here is a full copy of a report at Al Arabiya English

Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya English

Published: Tuesday 23 November, 2021: 07:54 PM GST

Updated: Tuesday 23 November, 2021: 10:04 PM GST

Political deal based on sparing of Sudanese blood: PM Hamdok tells Al Arabiya


The sparing of Sudanese blood and the preservation of gains made in the recent past are the bases of the political agreement reached with the military, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told Al Arabiya during a sit-down interview.


“The political agreement was made based on sparing the blood of the Sudanese and preserving the gains made. There is no alternative to dialogue in Sudan and we are working towards reaching the elections,” Hamdok told Al Arabiya on Tuesday.


“The elections will open the way for the consolidation of democracy in Sudan,” he added.


The Sudanese military reached a deal with Hamdok on Sunday [Nov 21] that reinstated him as the head of a new technocratic Cabinet ahead of eventual elections. But the agreement has angered Sudan’s pro-democracy movement, which accuses Hamdok of allowing himself to serve as a fig leaf for continued military rule.


“I personally don't think about my popularity, but about the interest of the Sudanese people. The Forces for Freedom and Change in Sudan will remain effective,” he said.


Hamdok also said the current priority of the government is for the release all political detainees at the soonest available time.


“We support the release of all political detainees, without exception,” Hamdok said.


View original: https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/11/23/Political-deal-based-on-sparing-of-Sudanese-blood-PM-Hamdok-tells-Al-Arabiya

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INTERVIEW: Sudan's newly reinstated PM Hamdok expects a new govt to be formed within two weeks

Here is a copy of a full report at english.alarabiya.net

Written by Tuqa Khalid, Al Arabiya English

Published: Tuesday 23 November, 2021: 11:53 PM GST

Updated: Wednesday 24 November, 2021: 12:28 AM GST

Political deal based on sparing of Sudanese blood: PM Hamdok tells Al Arabiya


Photo: Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok sits down with Al Arabiya


Sudan's newly reinstated Prime Minister Abadalla Hamdok told Al Arabiya on Tuesday that he expects a new government to be formed within two weeks.


“I will make every effort to accomplish [forming a new government] within a time period of no more than two weeks,” he said in an interview with Al Arabiya.


Hamdok signed on Sunday a deal with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan that saw the PM reinstated and allowed him to form an independent cabinet of technocrats, until an election can be held.


This comes almost a month after Burhan led a military coup in late October.


Hamdok added that he asked the military to end the violence against protesters. Sudanese medics reported that security forces killed at least 40 civilians in violent crackdowns.


“One of the first issues discussed… is a halt to using violence against protesters. It is a demand I will not cede at all,” Hamdok said.


After the deal that saw Hamdok reinstated was signed, at least five political prisoners were released.


“This is the most important issue on the PM’s agenda. It is the first issue I discussed with the military, releasing the prisoners… We will work towards that, and they will be released soon,” he told Al Arabiya.


He added that out of those released, should they be accused of committing a crime, they will be referred to the judiciary and, in some cases, rearrested.

View original: https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/11/24/Sudan-s-PM-Hamdok-says-he-expects-new-government-to-be-formed-within-two-weeks 

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