Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to the State of Qatar H E Badreddine Abdullah Mohammed Ahmed speaking during the event. PIC by: Rajan Vadakkemuriyil / The Peninsula
Doha, Qatar: The Embassy of the Republic of Sudan in Doha held a press briefing yesterday regarding the current developments in Sudan, delivered by the Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to the State of Qatar H E Badreddine Abdullah Mohammed Ahmed.
At the beginning of the press conference, His Excellency the Ambassador offered his condolences on the passing of the late Father Amir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to the Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as well as to the people of Qatar.
Ambassador Ahmed explained that the joint humanitarian and developmental efforts at the national level between Sudan and friendly nations, foremost among them the State of Qatar, are ongoing.
He commended the efforts of the Qatar Red Crescent Society, expressing his gratitude to them, and to “the government and people Qatar for their continued support of Sudan in recent times.”
He revealed that the Sudanese government had made “huge efforts to provide basic services in health, education, electricity and water, in the areas that the army had retaken, in order to meet the needs of over four million displaced persons and refugees who returned during the past period.”
“In Khartoum state, for example, 37 hospitals were back in operation in the state, with four more hospitals expected to be operational by next September, in addition to dozens of health centres,” he continued.
The Ambassador stated that all universities in the country have also resumed operations as of the first day of the current month of August.
He said that, by Allah’s grace and the efforts of the Sudanese army, and with the support of all sectors of the Sudanese society, “the most dangerous stages of the ordeal have been overcome, and Sudan has begun to recover, moving confidently towards reconstruction and rebuilding.”
The Sudanese army, as per the Ambassador, obtained huge spoils from the liberated rebel areas estimated at about 1300 tons, including “ammunition for small, medium and heavy weapons, advanced equipment and crates of attack drones.”
According to him, approximately 14 million people have been displaced from their homes, towns, and villages in Sudan, including 10 million internally displaced persons and 4 million refugees outside of Sudan.
He added that the Sudan has been subject to “an existential war that has caused a violent upheaval affecting all state institutions, infrastructure, and Sudanese society, as well as its accumulated gains over the ages, in a systematic manner.”
“This has led to widespread destruction throughout the country, and the displacement and refugee crisis has been described by international organisations as the largest in the history of conflicts,” he added.
