SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sovereign Council member Aisha Musa resigns in protest against crackdown on peaceful rally

16/5/2021: Multiple sources – Sovereign Council member Aisha Musa resigns in protest against crackdown on peaceful rally

Sovereign Council member Aisha Musa has resigned in protest against the killing of two youth by soldiers in the vicinity of the army headquarters.

Consequently, the Alliance of Civil Society Forces (ACSF) in Sudan praised her decision, considering it an expression of the rejection of "all forms of killing and oppression that our people are facing by the transitional power structures."

The ACSF further called for the resignation of all the FFC members from the Sovereign Council, alongside requesting that Prime Minister Hamdok dismisses the heads of the relevant security and executive agencies, amend the existing legislation and adopt a new law for the security apparatus that protects public freedoms.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese army to hand over killers of protesters: official

16/5/2021: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese army to hand over killers of protesters: official

 

Sudan Tribune report that attorney general Tajelsir al-Hibr announced the arrest of seven Sudanese military personnel accused of being involved in the murder of peaceful demonstrators.

The Chairman of the Sovereign Council Lt. Gen. Abdulfattah al-Burhan, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), handed over the report of the Military Investigation Committee to al-Hibr at a meeting at the army headquarters.

"There are seven defendants in the military prison together with 92 others suspected of being involved in the attack," said al-Hibr, adding that military authorities will hand over all the detainees to the Public Prosecution to conduct the investigation.

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: New Yorker - Sudan's Uprising, Bashir's fall and my father's passing

16/5/19: New Yorker – Sudan’s Uprising, Bashir’s fall, and my father’s passing, by Ismail Kushkush

 Ismail Kushkush argues that Sudanese protesters may finally bring about the dreams of his late father’s “giving generation,” and create a Sudan that will bring its people and his father peace.

 Kushkush’s father, who passed away on the evening that Omar Al Bashir fell, belonged to a generation that had big dreams of progress, but reluctantly left Sudan in 1980s due to “political and economic realities.”

 Kushkush states that many Sudanese were inundated with stories from their parents about what Sudan was, and what it became. However, he argued with his father than Sudan had always faced challenges, including “deep prejudice” and “staggering inequality.”

Nonetheless, he argues that the protests restored Sudan’s “trampled-upon sense of dignity, [and] pride in what Sudan once was and what it could become.”

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudanese opposition decries army's suspension of talks, sees growing anger

16/5/19: Multiple sources – Sudanese opposition decries army’s suspension of talks, sees growing anger

 Sudan’s opposition alliance said on Thursday the ruling military council’s 72-hour suspension of talks with protesters was a “regrettable” setback to efforts to forge a new democratic era following the overthrow of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir.

 Describing protesters as “increasingly angry”, the alliance issued its condemnation after some of the worst violence in weeks in central Khartoum.

 The suspension dashed hopes of a speedy final deal between the military and the protesters that could resolve a standoff underway since the military ousted and arrested al-Bashir amid months-long protests against his 30-year rule.

 The negotiations were suspended just hours after both the military council and the protesters announced on Wednesday they had made significant progress in their talks.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan's military council head says suspends talks with protesters for 72 hours

16/5/19: Multiple sources - Sudan's military council head says suspends talks with protesters for 72 hours

In a televised announcement, leader of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) Lt. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, declared that the military council has decided to put talks on hold for 72 hours.

 al-Burhan accused protestors of breaking an understanding on de-escalation whilst talks were ongoing. The TMC leader also accused protestors of causing disruption to life in Khartoum through the road blockages erected outside of agreed upon protest zones.

 The Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces deemed the temporary suspension of talks with protestors as ‘a regrettable setback to efforts to forge a new democratic era’.  

 Violent unrest has been rife in Khartoum in the past few days and at least 9 people are known to have been wounded, after being fired at with live ammunition by armed forces in efforts to disperse protestors.