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December 22 - 2020 KHARTOUM An independent national commission has started its in-person investigation on the violent dispersal by government forces of the protesters at the sit-in in front of the Sudanese Army General Command in Khartoum on June 3, 2019, causing the death of at least 127 demonstrators.
The investigation began with the questioning members of the military component of the Sovereign Council. The commission, headed by the human rights lawyer Nabil Adib, questioned Lt Gen Yasir El Atta, member of the Sovereign Council, for two hours in the presence of leading members of the commission. It is expected to investigate the remaining members of the military component in due course.
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December 17 - 2020 EL FASHAGA
Shifta gunmen in Ethiopian border regions (file photo)
Four members of the Sudanese army were killed on Tuesday evening in an ambush by Ethiopian forces near Jebel Abu Tuyour in El Gedaref’s El Fashaga, close to the border with Ethiopia. Fighting also broke out in El Gureisha earlier this week.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) reported that an army force was ambushed on Sudanese territory by Ethiopian army and militia forces on its return from a patrol in the area adjacent to Jebel Abu Tuyour on Tuesday.
Four army members, including an officer, were killed while 12 others were wounded. The lost equipment has not been identified so far.