Sudan’s Burhan, Hamdok Meet with Senior Military Commanders

 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Abdalla Hamdok during their meeting with senior army commanders in Khartoum on Monday, April 26, 2021. (AFP)
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Abdalla Hamdok during their meeting with senior army commanders in Khartoum on Monday, April 26, 2021. (AFP)
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Sudan’s Burhan, Hamdok Meet with Senior Military Commanders

 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Abdalla Hamdok during their meeting with senior army commanders in Khartoum on Monday, April 26, 2021. (AFP)
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Abdalla Hamdok during their meeting with senior army commanders in Khartoum on Monday, April 26, 2021. (AFP)

Head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok held Monday a meeting with senior army commanders at the General Command headquarters in Khartoum.

The ministers of cabinet affairs, defense, finance, foreign affairs and communications and information technology attended the meeting, which was the first between Hamdok and leaders of various military units in the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

“This meeting is the beginning of a dialogue that targets developing the military institution in a professional national army all the Sudanese are proud of,” Hamdok noted.

He told a press conference that his visit to the army commanders “came late” but represents an “extension of the partnership between the military and civilian components in this complex transition.”

“The partnership aims at laying the cornerstone for building a firm and stable democratic system.”

The December revolution allowed the Sudanese to implement a national project, the PM said, stressing that one of the most important requirements of the transitional phase is building a unified and professional national army.

Hamdok further viewed the partnership between civilians and the military as an “advanced model” that can set an example for the whole of Africa.



Gaza Rescuers Say 72 Killed by Israeli Fire

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 19, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 19, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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Gaza Rescuers Say 72 Killed by Israeli Fire

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 19, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 19, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli fire killed at least 72 people in the Palestinian territory on Thursday, including 21 who had gathered to receive aid in central and southern Gaza.

Updating an earlier figure, civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP the death toll had risen to 72, "due to the ongoing Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip since dawn today -- 21 of them were waiting for aid.”

The Israeli army told AFP that troops had fired "warning shots" at "suspects" approaching them in the Netzarim area where the civil defense agency said 15 people were killed waiting for aid, but that it was "not aware of any injured individuals.”