Sudanese Army Hands Probe Results into Protest Anniversary Killings to Prosecutor

Two protesters were killed after they gathered outside army headquarters in Khartoum on Tuesday evening. (AFP)
Two protesters were killed after they gathered outside army headquarters in Khartoum on Tuesday evening. (AFP)
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Sudanese Army Hands Probe Results into Protest Anniversary Killings to Prosecutor

Two protesters were killed after they gathered outside army headquarters in Khartoum on Tuesday evening. (AFP)
Two protesters were killed after they gathered outside army headquarters in Khartoum on Tuesday evening. (AFP)

Sudan’s commander-in-chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan referred to the prosecutors seven accused and 92 suspects involved in last week’s unrest near the Army General Command in Khartoum.

On Tuesday, security forces killed two people and injured dozens in an attack on a peaceful sit-in commemorating the second anniversary of the crackdown on the Ramadan 2019 protest, which left hundreds of people dead and injured.

The army said Saturday it had handed prosecutors the results of a probe into the 2019 killings after hundreds rallied this week calling for justice.

Burhan handed the results to prosecutor general Tagelsir al-Hebr, the military said in a statement.

The results included a list of army personnel suspected to be involved in the unrest, as well as an order “to lift their immunity” to initiate legal proceedings and reach final rulings, it added.

Earlier, a member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Shams El-Din Kabbashi confirmed that a number of officers and soldiers were arrested and are under investigation on charges of killing protesters in front of the army headquarters last Tuesday.

Kabbashi said the armed forces formed a committee to investigate who caused the events.

Sudanese Minister of Cabinet Affairs Khaled Omar Youssef said on his Facebook page that these are the first steps towards achieving justice for the two martyrs shot dead last week.

Youssef indicated that the immunity of the convicts was waived, and they were transferred to the public prosecutor for investigation, ahead of trial.

He stressed that the government is determined to achieve justice, in fulfillment of the slogans of the Sudanese revolution.



France Cools Expectations of Swift Palestinian State Recognition

 France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech during the inauguration of the Choiseul Library as the first site labeled "Heritage of Diplomacy" ("Patrimoine de la Diplomacie") in Versailles, near Paris on June 5, 2025. (AFP)
France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech during the inauguration of the Choiseul Library as the first site labeled "Heritage of Diplomacy" ("Patrimoine de la Diplomacie") in Versailles, near Paris on June 5, 2025. (AFP)
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France Cools Expectations of Swift Palestinian State Recognition

 France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech during the inauguration of the Choiseul Library as the first site labeled "Heritage of Diplomacy" ("Patrimoine de la Diplomacie") in Versailles, near Paris on June 5, 2025. (AFP)
France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech during the inauguration of the Choiseul Library as the first site labeled "Heritage of Diplomacy" ("Patrimoine de la Diplomacie") in Versailles, near Paris on June 5, 2025. (AFP)

France on Friday dampened expectations Paris could rapidly recognize a Palestinian state, with the French foreign minister saying while it was "determined" to make such a move, recognition had to be more than "symbolic".

France is due later this month to co-host with Saudi Arabia a UN conference in New York on a two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

There had been expectations that France could recognize a Palestinian state during that conference, with President Emmanuel Macron also growing increasingly frustrated with Israel's blocking of aid to the Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

"France could have taken a symbolic decision. But this is not the choice we made because we have a particular responsibility" as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said, while saying Paris was still "determined" to make the move.

Several EU countries including Ireland, Spain and Sweden recognize a Palestinian state. But Germany, while backing a two-state solution, has said recognition now would send the "wrong signal".

France is reportedly working closely on the issue with the United Kingdom, which also so far has not recognized a Palestinian state, at a time when French-British diplomatic ties are becoming increasingly tight after Brexit.

Macron on Thursday said that he expected the conference in New York would take steps "towards recognizing Palestine", without being more specific.

He has said he hopes French recognition of a Palestinian state would encourage other governments to do the same and that countries who do not recognize Israel should do so.

Barrot meanwhile also stressed the "absolute necessity" to address the issue of the disarmament of Palestinian group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.

Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.

Militants abducted 251 hostages, 55 of whom remain in Gaza, including 32 the Israeli military says are dead.

Israel's retaliatory offensive in Hamas-run Gaza has killed 54,677 people, mostly civilians, according to the health ministry there, figures the United Nations deems reliable.

Relations between Israel and France have deteriorated over the last weeks, with Israel's foreign ministry accusing Macron of undertaking a "crusade against the Jewish state" after he called on European countries to harden their stance if the humanitarian situation in Gaza did not improve.