The Sudanese government sent an official delegation to the east of the country to calm protests against marginalization and unemployment, while the head of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, escalated his battle against civilians and the forces of the revolution.

Today, Sunday, a Sudanese government delegation arrived in the city of Port Sudan (in the east of the country) to resolve the crisis represented in the closure of the national road, ports and airports;

To protest marginalization and to demand development.

A statement of the Sovereignty Council said that the visit - which will last for two days - comes within the framework of an initiative to solve the crisis that recently erupted in the east of the country against the background of a mass movement, after which a number of vital facilities were closed.

Which led to negative repercussions on the overall economic situation in the country.

According to the statement, the delegation includes a member of the Sovereign Council Shams El-Din Kabbashi, the Ministers of Interior Izz El-Din Al-Sheikh, Foreign Affairs Maryam Al-Mahdi, Energy and Petroleum Jadin Ali Obaid, and Transportation Mirghani Musa.

The government delegation's visit program includes a number of meetings, including the State Security Committee and the Beja Optical Council, according to the statement.

For the tenth day in a row, this tribal council is closing all ports on the Red Sea and the main road between Khartoum and Port Sudan.


Beja tribes demonstrated in eastern Sudan last year and closed the port of Port Sudan for several days.

The head of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, said that "what is happening in the closure in the east is a political matter, and it must be dealt with politically."

A government official confirmed to AFP that the delegation had a full mandate to resolve the crisis.

Earlier, the Sudanese Ministry of Oil warned of the financial losses resulting from the closure, and said that the available stock of oil is sufficient for the country for only "10 days", while experts warned of the possible serious economic consequences of the protests in the port.

The pipeline carrying South Sudan's oil extends from the capital, Juba, to the port of Port Sudan for the purpose of export. In return, Sudan benefits from collecting oil transit fees.

attack and pledge

In a related context, Lieutenant-General Al-Burhan has continued to attack the civilian side in the government since it was announced that a coup attempt had been thwarted last Tuesday.

And the French news agency quoted that Al-Burhan pledged on Sunday to work on "structuring" the armed forces, in statements that come days after the authorities revealed a failed coup.

"The armed forces will work to restructure them," Al-Burhan said - during the opening of a military hospital south of Khartoum.

The agency stated that Al-Burhan pledged to cleanse the army of the Muslim Brotherhood, and said, "We will not allow any partisan activity in the armed forces."

He also stressed the army's keenness to hold elections and hand over power by the end of the transitional period.

"We, as soldiers, are committed to the elections on the date we agreed upon at the end of the transitional period," he said.

"After the elections, the armed forces will disappear from the political scene," he added.

hijacking the revolution

Al-Burhan stressed that unless the forces of the revolution unite, "we will not go with a small group that hijacked the revolution," noting that the armed forces are the guardian of the people, and they guard the homeland, and that they will not turn against the "December Revolution" that toppled the regime of President Omar al-Bashir.

Al-Jazeera correspondent from Khartoum, Ahmed Al-Raheed, said that these statements come in the context of the controversy between the military and civilian components that govern the country in a partnership governed by a constitutional document, and this controversy escalated after the coup attempt that occurred last Tuesday morning.

The current authority in Sudan consists of the Sovereignty Council headed by Al-Burhan, and a government headed by Abdullah Hamdok, whose mission is to prepare for general elections that end with the handover of power to a civilian authority.

And last week, the Sudanese government announced that it had thwarted a "coup attempt", accusing "officers from the remnants of the former regime" of carrying it out, in reference to the Bashir regime, but the army did not attribute it to any political party.

Hamdok said in a statement that the coup attempt "revealed the need to reform the military and security establishment."

"We will take immediate measures to fortify the transition and continue to dismantle" the Bashir regime, which "still poses a threat to the transition," he added.