Sudan Participates in Arab Executive Meeting, Holds Talks on Legal Cooperation with Saudi Arabia

The Sudanese Minister of Justice, Dr. Abdullah Mohamed Dirif, took part in the 76th session of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice, held in Cairo. He attended in his capacity as Sudan’s representative within the Council’s troika.
The Sudanese delegation included Ambassador Abdelazim Mohamed Al-Sadiq Al-Karouri, Director of the Arab League Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Othman Mohamed Idris, Director of the Minister’s Office; and Basmala Muntasir Mohamed, representative of Sudan’s Permanent Mission.
On the sidelines of the meetings, the Sudanese Justice Minister held talks with his Saudi counterpart, Walid bin Mohammed Al-Samaani. The discussions focused on strengthening bilateral partnership between the two countries in legal and judicial fields, enhancing the exchange of expertise, and expanding training and capacity-building programmes.
Both sides also reviewed mechanisms for improving joint coordination in combating organized crime, in a way that serves the shared interests of Sudan and Saudi Arabia.
Sudan’s participation in the Executive Office meetings comes within the framework of supporting joint Arab action and developing the Arab legal system, as well as preparing for upcoming regional milestones, including the Conference of States Parties to the Arab Anti-Corruption Convention scheduled to be held in Doha next September.

Attorney General Addresses Human Rights Council, Urges End to UAE Support for RSF Militia

Acting as Chair of the National Committee of Inquiry into Crimes and Violations of National Law and International Humanitarian Law, Attorney General Intisar Ahmed Abdal-Aal addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, presenting key findings from the Committee’s fifth interim report. She said the Committee’s participation was aimed at briefing the Council on Sudan’s national efforts to deliver justice, ensure accountability, and prevent impunity, stressing that this engagement does not affect Sudan’s principled position on the Commission of Inquiry or its mandate.
The Attorney General stated that the independent committee, working with judicial authorities, has documented systematic violations by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia against civilians, infrastructure, and state institutions, in many cases amounting to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. These include ethnically targeted attacks, killings, forced displacement, rape, looting, abduction, arbitrary detention, and abuses in detention facilities, including Shala Prison in El-Fashir and Dagrees Prison in Nyala. She revealed that the committee has recorded 149,860 criminal cases, including 385 involving members of regular forces whose immunity was lifted. Investigations have been completed in 21,787 cases referred to courts, while 10,417 have been adjudicated.
The report also documented 2,200 rape cases, 14,999 cases of detention and enforced disappearance, 30,971 killings, and 44,617 injuries. Initial estimates place infrastructure damage at around USD 771 billion. She reaffirmed Sudan’s commitment to accountability and rejection of impunity, and expressed readiness to cooperate with UN Human Rights Council mechanisms, while respecting national sovereignty and institutional jurisdiction.
The Attorney General stressed that ending external support to the RSF militia is essential to stopping the war and reducing violations.
She concluded by calling on the international community to support Sudan’s peace initiative, apply the principle of complementarity to strengthen national justice efforts, and work to halt external backing for the militia from its primary sponsor, the United Arab Emirates, as well as prevent the recruitment and transfer of mercenaries into Sudan.

TSC President Praises Al-Eilafoun Residents for Supporting Armed Forces in the Battle of Dignity

President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, praised the people of Al-Eilafoun for their steadfast support of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) during the Battle of Dignity.
Addressing worshippers at the mosque of Al-Sheikh Al-Khalifa Ali Barakat, successor to the spiritual leadership of Sheikh Idris Wad Al-Arbab, Al-Burhan said that external parties and circles were behind the war that erupted in the country. He commended the role of Al-Eilafoun residents in facilitating the delivery of supplies to the Armed Forces in Khartoum before the fall of Wad Madani, as well as their contribution to the resilience of the Engineers Corps base in the area until the liberation of Khartoum.
Al-Burhan also praised the significant role played by Sufi orders in promoting the tolerant teachings of Islam, noting that Sufism has consistently remained distant from extremism, fanaticism, and radicalism. He highlighted their contribution to fostering solidarity and social cohesion within society, calling for adherence to the path of the righteous predecessors, which advocates truth, compassion, and unity.
Al-Burhan said that through the determination and will of the Sudanese people, the country is capable of defeating all hostile plots, calling on Sudanese citizens to remain patient and steadfast until the nation reaches safety and stability. He pointed to the hardships and setbacks Sudan has endured since April 2023, saying that they outweigh the current challenges related to electricity and fuel shortages.
“We will complete the liberation of Sudan and move forward toward eliminating the rebels and all enemies of this proud state,” he added. Earlier, the TSC President performed Friday prayer at the mosque of Al-Sheikh Al-Khalifa Ali Barakat in Al-Eilafoun, East Nile Locality. He also offered condolences on the death of Al-Sheikh Al-Khalifa Ali Barakat, successor to the spiritual leadership of Sheikh Idris Wad Al-Arbab in Al-Eilafoun.
Al-Burhan was accompanied during the visit by the Chief of Military Intelligence, Lieutenant General Mohamed Ali Sabir.

TSC Vice-President Briefs Visiting EU Delegation on Developments in Sudan

Vice-President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Malik Agar stressed that any Sudanese-led dialogue should begin inside Sudan, emphasizing that addressing the country's issues abroad will not be constructive.
During a meeting on Sunday evening with a visiting European Union delegation, attended by TSC Member Abdullah Yahya, Prime Minister Kamil Idris, Khartoum State Wali Ahmed Othman Hamza, and several ministers and senior officials, Agar called on the delegation to focus on the realities inside Sudan and engage directly with citizens affected by the war. He underscored Sudan’s strategic importance in the region and Africa, saying relations with Sudan should be built on mutual respect and shared interests.
Speaking to the press, Ambassador Jamal Malik said the EU delegation's visit was intended to assess political, security, and humanitarian conditions in Sudan.
According to Malik, the TSC Vice-President urged the delegation to examine the origins of the conflict and its underlying causes, encouraging members to use their visit and meetings with officials and citizens to witness the situation on the ground firsthand. He said the visit provided an opportunity for the delegation to witness the scale of destruction inflicted on state institutions, infrastructure, and civilians during the conflict. Agar also urged the delegation to move beyond descriptions of the war as merely a conflict between two generals, maintaining that it began with an armed rebellion by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia.
The TSC Vice-President also urged the delegation to speak with the Sudanese people and witness the broad public support for the Sudanese Armed Forces and supporting forces, which he said demonstrates that the military is defending the country, its people, and its national institutions. Malik added that Agar asked the delegation to convey the realities they observe during the visit to their respective countries.
The delegation includes the Head of the European Union Mission and representatives from France, Germany, Czech Republic, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Hungary, comprising between 10 and 12 ambassadors. Ambassador Malik described the visit as particularly significant, noting that it is the first European diplomatic mission to visit Sudan since the outbreak of the war in April 2023.

Foreign Ministry: UNICEF Warns Against Fragmented Education Systems

The Government of Sudan said it is closely following the repeated attempts by the so-called Ta'sis coalition, the political arm of the terrorist Janjaweed militia, to distort and misrepresent the contents of the statement issued by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) regarding Sudan's national examinations, and to portray it in a manner suggesting support for its political agenda or conferring any legitimacy on arrangements parallel to the national education system.
In a statement, the government said that UNICEF's statement clearly affirms the right of all Sudanese students to sit for a unified and internationally recognized national examination, while warning of the risks posed by fragmented education systems and certifications that undermine students' future prospects and the unity of the country.
The statement added that it is paradoxical for the party that targeted schools and educational institutions, occupied numerous school buildings and converted them into military barracks, forced millions of families to flee their homes, deprived hundreds of thousands of students of regular schooling and access to national examinations, and endangered the lives of teachers and students in areas under its presence, to now seek to exploit the suffering of those same students and politicize their plight in pursuit of objectives unrelated to the interests of education or the future of Sudanese generations.
The Government of Sudan reaffirmed that national examinations and national certificates fall under unified sovereign and national institutions that reflect the unity of the Sudanese state and its education system. It stressed that it will not allow the imposition of any parallel educational reality that threatens students' future or undermines national and international recognition of their academic qualifications.
The government also renewed its full commitment to ensuring the right of all Sudanese students to education and to sit for national examinations wherever they may be, while working with national and international partners to overcome the obstacles imposed by the war. At the same time, it reaffirmed its determination to continue efforts to restore security and stability and to clear all parts of Sudan of the terrorist militia and the disorder it has caused, in a manner that guarantees students' return to their schools and their full enjoyment of their rights to education and a dignified life.
The statement concluded by stressing that Sudan's future will be built by its students and youth, and that the state will not allow education to become hostage to a terrorist project founded on violence, division, and the undermining of national state institutions.