Sudan’s army leader rejects new round of talks after drone strike

Sudan’s army leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, says the military will not join talks next month in Switzerland aimed at ending more than a year of fighting with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Al-Burhan made the statement on Wednesday, shortly after the military said he survived a drone strike on a military graduation at the Gibeit army base in eastern Sudan that killed at least five people. Video of the drone attack, verified by the Reuters news agency, showed soldiers marching in a graduation ceremony before a whirring sound can be heard. There is then an explosion. Footage shared by the military that it said was filmed in Gibeit after the attack shows al-Burhan being mobbed by cheering civilians, chanting, “One army, one people.” There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the RSF has denied that the paramilitary force, which controls large swaths of the country, was responsible. Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopoulos reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Sudan #SudanWar #SudanFighting #SudanUnrest #RSF #SudaneseArmy #AbdelFattahAlBurhan #SudanHumanitarianCrisis #SudanPeaceTalks #GibeitArmyBase