Sudan army chief orders probe into border airstrike that killed 72

Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has ordered an official investigation into a border airstrike that resulted in the deaths of 72 Sudanese miners. The probe follows a report by a rights group alleging that the fatal strike was carried out by Egypt on an area situated along the Sudanese-Egyptian border.

Al-Burhan publicly characterized the event as a "painful incident" involving Sudanese citizens. The announcement of the military inquiry comes a day after the initial allegations regarding the cross-border airstrike emerged from the rights organization.