Khartoum (EFE) a transition to civilian rule.
In his first videotaped speech since the hostilities began to mark the first day of Eid al Fitr, which ends the holy month of Ramadan, Al Burhan said: “We are confident that we will overcome this ordeal with wisdom and strength, a way that preserves the security and unity of the country and allows us to ensure a transition to civilian rule.”
Message broadcast by official television
Likewise, he pointed out in the barely a minute clip broadcast on official television and in which he appears visibly exhausted that Sudan has been “hit by a very serious injury, as they fell dead and wounded, families were displaced, and the facilities and homes were destroyed.”
“But the constant hope remains that we, together with our great people, will overcome this test and come out of it more united, stronger and more cohesive, and our song will grow louder: An army, a people and their armed forces advance defeating the rebels,” he asserted.
To conclude his brief address, he called for “mercy” for the victims and recovery, and for Sudan to live in “peace and security.”
The clashes broke out on Saturday amid talks on a reform of the army and the integration of the FAR into it, part of the political process to return Sudan to the democratic path after the 2021 coup perpetrated jointly by Al Burhan and the leader of the paramilitary group, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti”.
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, yesterday demanded an immediate truce of at least three days in the African country.
The Sudanese Army yesterday expressed its “consistent refusal to enter into negotiations” with the FAR, and indicated that agreeing to a truce is not synonymous with wanting to make peace.
The latest death toll in Sudan stands at nearly 330 people killed and around 3,200 injured as a result of clashes between the rival military, according to the WHO.