Official Spokesman: Sudan Receives Dr Rick Machar for Purely Humanitarian Reasons, Notifies Juba about the Matter
23 August, 2016KHARTOUM (Sudanow.info.sd) - The Minister for Information and the Government Official Spokesman, Dr Ahmed Bilal Osman, on Tuesday announced that Sudan has recently received Dr Rieck Machar for purely humanitarian reasons top of which his need for urgent medical attention.
Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported that the spokesman said in a statement he issued, the brothers in South Sudan have been duly notified about this matter.
SUNA published an unofficial translatin of the statement:
The Sudan has recently received Dr Rick Machar, on purely humanitarian reasons top of which his need for urgent medical attention, as when he arrived his health conditions required urgent medical attention.
The United Nations had earlier announced that he was received by one of the neighboring countries for the same reasons.
The health condition of Dr Rick Machar is now stable and he will stay in the country under full medical supervision until he leaves the country for a destination of his choice to complete his medical treatment.
It is to be noted that the brothers in South Sudan have been notified about this.
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