Story: Sudanese army chief vows to fight paramilitary forces "till the end"
SHOOTING TIME: June 6, 2024
DATELINE: June 7, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:44
LOCATION: Khartoum 
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. broad shot of Al-Burhan shaking hands with military commanders (Courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
2. general shot of Al-Burhan among army soldiers (Courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
3. broad shot of Al-Burhan inspecting injured soldiers (Courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDEL FATTAH Al-BURHAN, Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)
5. broad shot of Al-Burhan inspecting injured army soldiers in a hospital (Courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
6. broad shot of Al-Burhan among soldiers (Courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
7. general shot of Al-Burhan among citizens in Gezira State (Courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
8. wide shot of citizens welcoming Al-Burhan (Courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
9. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABDEL FATTAH Al-BURHAN, Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)
10. wide shot of Al-Burhan among a crowd of citizens (Courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)

STORYLINE:

General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday said the army will fight the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) "until the end."

Al-Burhan, also chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, made the remarks while addressing the army's 18th Infantry Division in Kosti city in the White Nile State, according to a statement from the sovereign council.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDEL FATTAH Al-BURHAN, Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)
"This battle will continue until the enemy is defeated. It will continue until the Sudanese people and its forces come out victorious."

Meanwhile, the army chief vowed a harsh response to the "RSF's crimes" in Wad Al-Noura village in Gezira State, referring to an earlier RSF attack that killed more than one hundred civilians.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABDEL FATTAH Al-BURHAN, Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)
"What happened yesterday (Wednesday) in Wad Al-Noura village, and before that in many areas in Sudan, including El Geneina and Nyala (cities in western Sudan), and in many villages of Gezira (State), and similarly in Khartoum, will not pass unnoticed, and we will not forgive those who committed those actions."

Violent clashes have recently been raging between the SAF and the RSF in Khartoum State and the Gezira State in central Sudan, as well as in the White Nile State in the south and North Darfur State in the west.

The escalations are part of a larger conflict between the two parties across Sudan since April 15, 2023, which has so far claimed 15,550 lives and displaced over 8.8 million people nationwide, according to recent estimates by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, excluding the latest fatalities reported.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Khartoum.
(XHTV)