SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Reuters - Distrust mars deal to relaunch Sudan's transition

15/12/2022: Reuters - Distrust mars deal to relaunch Sudan's transition, by Khalid Abdelaziz and Aidan Lewis

Reuters report on analyst reactions to the framework agreement.  

While the deal attempts to tackle issues that fuelled civilian-military tensions before the coup - reform of the security forces, justice for civilians killed during protests, dismantling [ex-president Omar] al-Bashir's regime and resolving internal conflicts – Khaled al-Tijani, editor of Elaph newspaper, said they “could be the future cause of the agreement's collapse”:

With the agreement keeping military leaders in their roles, Rift Valley Institute fellow Magdi al-Gizouli said the door is open for military intervention in civilian affairs and “a door closed to civilian intervention in military affairs,” adding that the signatories “have quite limited public trust in them”.

Kholood Khair, director of Confluence Partners, said the risk of the military continuing to meddle in policy while passing the burden of governing amid an economic crisis and worsening humanitarian situation to civilians “would be very destabilising”.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s Socialist Ba’ath Party leaves FFC alliance over Framework Agreement

15/12/2022: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s Socialist Ba’ath Party leaves FFC alliance over Framework Agreement

Radio Dabanga report that the mainstream Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party announced its departure from the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition due to the fact that the majority of coalition parties signed the Framework Agreement, which the party believes is “devoted to legitimising the October 25 coup”.

Radio Dabanga note that the Ba’ath party was a member of the newly-formed Forces for Freedom and Change-Democratic Block (FFC-DB), which also includes the National Accord Forces (NAF) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).  

The NAF, a faction of the FFC also referred to as the FFC-National Accord, are an alliance of former rebel movements including the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by finance minister Jibril Ibrahim, Sudan Liberation Movement faction headed by Darfur governor Minni Minnawi, and the Democratic Justice Alliance of Mubarak Ardol, director of the Mineral Resources Company and ex-member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Hemetti sided with Sudanese revolution and should be accepted accordingly: Mahdi

15/12/2019: Sudan Tribune - Hemetti sided with Sudanese revolution and should be accepted accordingly: Mahdi

Sudan Tribune reports that the leader of the National Umma Party, Sadiq al-Mahdi, called to end hostile statements against Himedti) and said his support for the revolution was sufficient in accepting him in the nation-building process.

Al-Mahdi  also told his supporters in the Blue Nile that the charges against Himedti’s RSF will be investigated and dealt with through transitional justice mechanisms.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: The Globe and Mail - UN probing Montreal lobbying firm’s possible role in Sudanese troop deployment in Libya

15/12/2019: The Globe and Mail - UN probing Montreal lobbying firm’s possible role in Sudanese troop deployment in Libya, by Geoffrey York and Steven Chase

Canada’s Globe and Mail reports that a UN panel is investigating whether Canadian lobbying firm Dickens & Madson played a “direct role” in the illegal deployment of about 1,000 Rapid Support Forces troops to reinforce Libyan general Khalifa Haftar’s assault on Tripoli.

According to the UN Panel of Experts on Libya, RSF arrived in Libya in July, in defiance of an international arms embargo. The Globe and Mail previously revealed that RSF commander Himedti signed a lobbying contract with Dickens & Madson, who would assist Himedti in obtaining funds from Haftar in exchange for military help.

Dickens & Madson leader Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli intelligence officer, denied the allegations. He added that the RSF contract aims to integrate RSF into “peacekeeping” forces in Africa after Sudan is removed from the US SST list, although the Globe and Mail note that there is no mention of this in the contract.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Al-Bashir’s supporters demonstrate against Hamdok government

15/12/2019: Sudan Tribune - Al-Bashir’s supporters demonstrate against Hamdok government

Sudan Tribune reports that supported of ousted president Omar al-Bashir organized a protest near the Presidential Palace to denounce the policies of the transitional government.

The protesters chanted religious slogans and vowed to topple Hamdok government.

Alnagy Abdallah, a figure of the Islamist Popular Congress Party, addressed the protest and called for a weekly protest against Hamdok government on every Saturday.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan peace talks: Four disputed issues

15/12/2019: Radio Dabanga - Sudan peace talks: Four disputed issues

Radio Dabanga reports on intensive talks between the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel alliance and representatives of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC)on how the FFC can participate in the negotiations in Juba.

SRF Chairman El Hadi Idris told Radio Dabanga that four fundamental disputed issues are under discussion:

Firstly, the postponement of the appointment of state governors until after a peace agreement is reached.

Secondly, the postponement of the formation of the Legislative Council

Third, the suspension of the appointment of civil service employees

And finally, the amendment of the Constitutional Document to ensure that any peace agreements prevail over the charter.