SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Sudan fires top judge, accepts prosecutors’ resignation

18/5/2021: Multiple sources – Sudan fires top judge, accepts prosecutors’ resignation

• AP, by Samy Magdy

• Sudan Tribune

• Reuters 

Sudan’s ruling sovereign council dismissed the Chief Justice, Niemat Mohamed Abdallah, and accepted the resignation of Attorney General Tajelsir al-Hibr.

Al-Hibr, who had submitted his resignations several times, had recently protested to the ruling council about the decisions of the Empowerment Removal Committee, which aims to retrieve the assets of the former regime, to sack several prosecutors accused of being close to the former regime.

He said the decision to dismiss them had been made without consulting him.

It is not clear why the chief justice was removed but it had been criticised for delaying several important reforms, Sudan Tribune note.

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Asharq Al-Awsat - Sudan Communist Party Chief to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Want to Erase Traces of Islamist Rule

18/5/19: Asharq Al-Awsat – Sudan Communist Party Chief to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Want to Erase Traces of Islamist Rule , by Aidroos Abdulaziz and Mohammed Amin Yassine

 Sudanese Communist Party chief Muhammad Mukhtar Al Khatib told Saudi newspaper Asharq Alawsat that “we want to erase everything that the Islamists committed in 30 years.”

Al Khatib said that while they will not be barred from politics, “they will not be part of the transition arrangements that we are aspiring to achieve to meet the expectations of the revolution.”

 Al Khatib also called for a transparent investigation into the losses of life and bloodshed at the recent unrest. The military council was blamed for not working on removing the agencies of the former regime interested in stifling the revolt.

 Al Khatib also denied that the Communist Party is leading the revolt, stating that it “belongs to the people against injustices.”

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese Islamists protest against power handover to civilians

18/5/19: Sudan Tribune – Sudanese Islamists protest against power handover to civilians

Sudan Tribune reports that  an Islamist group led by Abdel Wahid Youssef in Khartoum voiced its rejection to any political understanding between the military council and the opposition forces of freedom and change.

 The group organized protests in five mosques in Khartoum after Friday prayer to defend the Islamic laws and to voice their objection to any attempt to repeal it

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan army rulers say civil talks to resume

18/5/19: Multiple sources - Sudan army rulers say civil talks to resume

• AFP

• AP

Sudan’s ruling generals say they will resume talks with opposition leaders behind the protests that drove President Omar al-Bashir from power last month over a transfer of power to civilian rule.

The military council says Saturday a new round of talks will take place Sunday after a three-day pause, as the council called for the capital Khartoum’s roads to be reopened.

Talks were expected to focus on the makeup of the sovereign council that is to guide Sudan through the transition, and the role the military would have in that council.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudanese commander says democratic elections are his goal

18/5/19: Reuters – Sudanese commander says democratic elections are his goal, by Nadine Awadalla

 Reuters reports that Himedti has voiced his enthusiasm for democratic elections in front of an audience of tribal leaders and senior diplomats on Saturday, while seeking to deflect blame for violence in Khartoum this week.

 “Democracy is consultation ... that’s it, we want real democracy,” Himedti said. “We want a man who comes in through the ballot box ... we want free and fair elections” he said.

 Himedti also said that those responsible for shootings at demonstrations last week, have been arrested and confessed on camera. The article notes that the Himedti’s RSF paramilitary troops have been accused of the shootings.