Sudan: Defence Minister - 'Sudan Will Not Waste Time Waiting for the Rebels'

28 November 2018

Khartoum / ED Damazin — Sudan's Minister of Defence, Lt Gen Ahmed Bin Auf, has said that "the state will not waste its time waiting for the rebels and would extend its control over the entire Sudanese soil". Gen Bin Auf said that "at the same time, the state will secure all agricultural and commercial activities and the movement of citizens in their pursuit of normal economic and social life".

In a speech at the Forum for Strategic Planning of the Popular Defence Forces in Khartoum on Monday, the Defence Minister expressed the "readiness of the armed forces to deter any attacks by the rebels, despite the commitment to abide by the cease-fire".

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