Omdurman: President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan paid an inspection visit, on Saturday, to the Coptic Church on Al-Shingeeti Street in Omdurman. He was accompanied by TSC Member, Assistant Commander-in-Chief General Yassir Abdel-Rahman Hassan Al-Atta, and the Wali (governor) of Khartoum State, Ahmed Osman Hamza.
According to Sudan News Agency, His Excellency and the accompanied delegation were received by Father Yohanna Anthony, priest of St. George’s Church and St. Mina Church. During the visit, Al-Burhan met with a number of priests and listened to a report detailing the damages inflicted on the Coptic Church. The damages were a result of acts of vandalism and plundering carried out by the rebel terrorist Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia against places of worship.
TSC President affirmed his commitment to rehabilitating the church and its attached facilities, promising to return it to its former glory.