KHARTOUM: Sudan’s ruling military has acknowledged that security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse a protest sit-in camp outside the military headquarters in Khartoum last week.
The spokesman of the ruling military council, Gen. Shams Eddin Kabashi, says an investigation is underway and several military officers are already in custody over the violations.
Kabashi spoke to reporters at a news conference late Thursday. He didn’t elaborate on the violations beyond saying they were “painful and outrageous.”
He also rejected all calls for an international investigation into the incident.
Last week’s violence, which protest organizers said left over 100 killed, marked an alarming turn in the standoff between the protesters and the Sudanese military, which removed longtime autocrat Omar Al-Bashir from power in April after a months-long popular uprising.
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Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal
Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal
- Sudan’s ruling military says several military officers are in custody over the violations
- Last week’s violence left over 100 killed
Lebanon to sign gas exploration deal on Friday, cabinet says
Lebanon will sign a gas exploration deal with a consortium comprising QatarEnergy, TotalEnergies and Italy's Eni in the country's Block 8 offshore area, the Lebanese cabinet said on Thursday.
In 2023, Lebanon granted a license to conduct seismic studies on Block 8 to Bright Skies and GeoX.
Lebanon hopes gas and oil discoveries will help it to reverse a crippling economic crisis that has cost the local currency more than 98% of its value, eroded the country's foreign reserves and caused rolling blackouts across towns and cities.
In 2023, Lebanon granted a license to conduct seismic studies on Block 8 to Bright Skies and GeoX.
Lebanon hopes gas and oil discoveries will help it to reverse a crippling economic crisis that has cost the local currency more than 98% of its value, eroded the country's foreign reserves and caused rolling blackouts across towns and cities.
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