CAIRO: Egypt’s president has declared his country’s “full support” to Palestine in a phone call with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in the call on Wednesday highlighted Egypt’s “intensive efforts” to broker a ceasefire in Gaza, and Cairo’s backing for the Palestinian right to an independent state.
Abbas expressed his gratitude for Egypt’s efforts and gave his blessings to Egyptians for the holy month of Ramadan.
El-Sisi also spoke by phone with the president of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. They exchanged Ramadan greetings and wished good fortune on the Egyptian and Sudanese people during the holy month.
Later, El-Sisi held a phone call with Syrian President Bashar Assad. The two leaders exchanged Ramadan greetings and wished security, stability and prosperity for Egypt and Syria.
El-Sisi declares Egypt’s ‘full support’ for Palestinian cause
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El-Sisi declares Egypt’s ‘full support’ for Palestinian cause
- El-Sisi in the call on Wednesday highlighted Egypt’s “intensive efforts” to broker a ceasefire in Gaza
UK sanctions RSF commanders over links to mass killings in Sudan
- The government also pledged a further £21 million to provide food, shelter, health services, and protection for women and children
LONDON: Britain sanctioned senior commanders of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Friday, over what it said were their links to mass killings, systematic sexual violence and deliberate attacks on civilians in the African country.
Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, the RSF Deputy Leader and brother of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, as well as three other commanders that are suspected of involvement in these crimes, now face asset freezes and travel bans, the British government said.
“The atrocities taking place in Sudan are so horrific they scar the conscience of the world,” foreign minister Yvette Cooper said in the statement. “Today’s sanctions against RSF commanders strike directly at those with blood on their hands.”
The government also pledged a further £21 million to provide food, shelter, health services, and protection for women and children in some of the hardest-to-reach areas, the statement said.
Millions of people have been displaced by the war, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the RSF.
