Burhan, Hemedti Call for Dialogue to Overcome Sudan Crisis

Transitional Military Council Chairman General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan (Reuters)
Transitional Military Council Chairman General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan (Reuters)
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Burhan, Hemedti Call for Dialogue to Overcome Sudan Crisis

Transitional Military Council Chairman General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan (Reuters)
Transitional Military Council Chairman General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan (Reuters)

Military leaders in Sudan have called for dialogue and national unity to overcome the crisis facing the country. This came at a time security forces disbanded a gathering of families of political detainees, lawyers, and civil society activists.

While the crowd intended to perform Eid al-Fitr prayer, they had also planned a sit-in in front of Soba prison in southern Khartoum with the aim of pressing authorities to release all political detainees.

Since the army took power on October 25, security services have arrested dozens of political leaders and members of “resistance committees” who are active in organizing demonstrations against the military authority.

In Sudan, popular protests are escalating in demand of ending the army's rule and returning the country to the path of democratic transition led by a civilian government.

Transitional Military Council Chairman Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), addressed the nation on Eid al-Fitr and called on Sudan’s political parties to find national consensus and resolve the crisis through dialogue.

Al-Burhan said that discord and lack of acceptance of the other have negatively affected the overall political, social, and economic conditions in Sudan.

He added that the armed forces and other security services will have an active presence in all solutions offered to complete the democratic transition in the country.

Al-Burhan pointed out that the multiplicity of national initiatives and the efforts of international and regional organizations reflect the importance of national reconciliation and contribute towards a solution.

During his speech, Al-Burhan reiterated the call for all societal components, political parties, resistance committees and the revolution’s youth to rise above differences and place the country above all.

He also stressed the importance of stopping the tribal conflicts in West Darfur.

For his part, Hemedti echoed Al-Burhan’s statements and said that dialogue was the only way to resolve the political crisis experienced by Sudan.



Egypt’s Sisi Urges Trump to Exert All Efforts to End Gaza War, Get Aid into Enclave

Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP)
Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP)
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Egypt’s Sisi Urges Trump to Exert All Efforts to End Gaza War, Get Aid into Enclave

Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP)
Palestinians inspect the site struck by an Israeli bombardment in Muwasi, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2025. (AP)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called on US President Donald Trump on Monday to exert all efforts to end the war in Gaza and allow entry of humanitarian aid into the shattered Palestinian enclave.

Sisi and Trump have long enjoyed warm relations. Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been mediating in search of ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas since the war broke out on October 7, 2023.

"I direct this special message to President Trump: Please, exert all efforts to end this war and allow the entry of aid," Sisi said in a televised speech. He added that Trump was one who was "capable of stopping the war."

The latest round of indirect ceasefire talks in Doha between Israel and Hamas broke off last week with no deal in sight as mediators struggle to bridge the gaps between the two sides.

Sisi said Egypt was working to ensure the entry of the largest possible volume of aid into Gaza over the past months, but coordination between Israel and Egypt was needed to do so.

"We cannot deny aid to the enclave, but for aid to get in, coordination with the other side is needed," Sisi said.

Aid trucks started moving towards Gaza from Egypt on Sunday after months of rising international pressure and warnings from humanitarian organizations of starvation spreading across the small, coastal Gaza Strip arising from an Israeli blockade.

Easing restrictions, Israel carried out an air drop and announced a series of measures over the weekend including daily humanitarian pauses in three areas of Gaza and new safe corridors for aid convoys.

But a long-term steady supply of aid is needed to counter the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, UN aid agencies said on Monday.