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World Service,22 Nov 2019,53 mins

Sudan Sovereign Council urges patience

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A civilian member of Sudan's governing council has urged people to be patient in their wait for change, after the overthrow of the former president, Omar Bashir. Aisha Musa, a teacher and activist appointed to the eleven member Sovereign Council - told the BBC the civilian and military members of the body were all working hard together to bring peace. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he will continue to lead the country in spite of his indictment on corruption charges. He responded angrily to the indictment in a televised speech. The Prime Minister of Mauritius has described Britain as an illegal colonial occupier after it ignored a United Nations deadline to relinquish control of a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean by today.

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