STORY: Sudan's transitional sovereign council holds 1st meeting since outbreak of war
DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:45
LOCATION: Khartoum
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the meeting of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council

STORYLINE:

Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council on Friday held a meeting in Port Sudan, the capital city of the Red Sea State, the first since the war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April this year.

"The council's chairman Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, chaired the meeting in the presence of his deputy Malik Agar and the council's members, General Shams-Eddin Kabashi and General Ibrahim Jabir," the council said in a statement.

The meeting commended the great roles played by the SAF and other regular forces in confronting the "desperate attempts" by the "militia" targeting the security and stability of the homeland, the statement said.

The meeting also discussed issues of people's livelihood and the government's efforts to secure food and medicine for the citizens under the critical circumstances, it said.

Deadly clashes have been going on between the SAF and the RSF in Khartoum and other areas since April 15, killing up to 9,000 people, forcing more than 5.6 million out of their homes and leaving 25 million in need of aid, said UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths in a statement on Oct. 15.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Khartoum.
(XHTV)