SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune – AU’s Faki is advised on Sudan by official close to al-Bashir: letter

21/5/19: Sudan Tribune – AU’s Faki is advised on Sudan by official close to al-Bashir: letter

 Sudan Tribune reports that The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, is allegedly advised on Sudan by his Social Affairs Commissioner Amira Elfadil, a former minister of Omar Al Bashir’s government and a member of his National Congress Party.

 In a letter to Faki dated 18 May, the head of Sudanese Diplomat Association, one of the Sudanese Professionals Association groups, Ibrahim Taha Ayoub described Ms Elfadil as "the representative of the defunct regime," adding that "she is interfering with the work of your Organization and…influencing your decision on the matters affecting [Sudan].”

Ayoub concluded “we cannot accept to see the AUC being used as a conduit to bring back repression and corruption to Sudan and instability to the region.”