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Sudan’s committee to probe killings in Gezira sworn-in

Authors: Lasuba Memo | | Published: January 19, 2025

The committee sworn in before Vice-President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander Malik Agar, in Portsudan Saturday|Courtesy

The reconstituted Sudan’s Committee to investigate into the killings of civilians including South Sudanese in Kambo Taiba in Al-Gezira State was sworn on Saturday, according the head of the Committee, Yassir Bashir Al-Bukhari who is First Assistant to the Attorney General of the Republic of Sudan,.

The committee issued by Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council leader, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, to form the committee, was sworn-in before Vice-President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander Malik Agar, in Portsudan.

The Sudan News Agency, SUNA cited the committee’s head as saying at the team “will start its mission immediately, by interrogating witnesses, hearing their statements, collecting evidence, and determining all the reasons, circumstances and conditions that led to the events, assessing the losses, and taking all necessary measures to enforce the law.”

The incident sparked outrage across South Sudan on Thursday when youth took to the streets protest with reports indicating attacks and looting of shops belong to Sudanese nationals.

The incidents of violence prompted the government to impose a curfew.

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