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Sudan has closed the Khartoum office of Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera, the station said on its website on Thursday, adding that its staff members\u2019 work permits had also been withdrawn.<\/p>\n
The Qatar-based broadcaster said Sudanese security officers informed it of the decision by the Sudanese Transitional Military Council to shut its office down.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision also includes the withdrawal of the work permits for the correspondents and personnel of the Al-Jazeera network starting from now,\u201d said the station, which regularly broadcasts footage of demonstrations in Sudan.<\/p>\n
No written decision was given to the bureau\u2019s director, the channel said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey told us that the military council had decided to close the Al-Jazeera network\u2019s office and withdraw its licence, Al-Musallami Al-Kabbashi,\u201d the director of the station\u2019s Khartoum office told AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe gave them the material and the office,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Transitional Military Council took power after the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir, a close ally of Qatar.<\/p>\n
The council\u2019s head Abdelfattah al-Burhan travelled to Saudi Arabia on Thursday to participate in a summit there. He had already visited Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n
Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic ties with Doha in 2017, accusing it of terrorism, which it denies.<\/p>\n
The generals, backed by key Arab powers, have resisted calls from African and Western governments to hand over the reins of power.<\/p>\n
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