SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Hamdok, Sudanese communists resume discussions on reunification of change forces

29/8/2021: Sudan Tribune - Hamdok, Sudanese communists resume discussions on reunification of change forces

Sudan Tribune report that Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) pursued dialogue on ways to reunite the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC).

The SCP withdrew from the FFC in November 2020 and called to bring down Hamdok’s government in April 2021, as it “did not want to bear the responsibility of the unpopular economic reforms.”

The SCP voiced their opposition to the Juba peace process as it excluded FFC forces at the expense of armed components. “The government did not develop a plan to address the roots of the problem”, said Siddiq Youssif, a leading SCP figure, "rather, it focused on reaching an agreement with the armed groups based on the power and wealth sharing”.

In meetings with Hamdok, the SCP stressed that a population census should precede the general elections amid the demographic changes that resulted from the war.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Agreement for peace in Two-Areas is game-changer for Sudan: Arman

29/8/2020: Sudan Tribune - Agreement for peace in Two-Areas is game-changer for Sudan: Arman

 Sudan Tribune reports that Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (Agar faction) deputy leader and chief negotiator Yassir Arman says that the peace agreement in the Two Areas (The Blue Nile and South Kordofan states) is “key step in the construction of a democratic Sudan.”

 Arman said the agreement established self-rule in the Two Areas and will ensure that 40% of the wealth produced in the areas, including West Kordofan, is publicly redistributed.

 Arman added that the agreement establishes strong regional governments with the necessary means to support the return of displaced people and refugees, and achieving economic development.

 Sudan Tribune reports that the agreement grants the Two Areas the right to self-governance and legislate under a system based on Sudan’s 1973 secular constitution as well as forming a National Commission for Religious Freedom, with branches in the Two Areas, to protect the rights of the Sudanese Christians.