SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - “Democratic Bloc” rejects political settlement ending Sudan’s crisis

2/12/2022: Sudan Tribune - “Democratic Bloc” rejects political settlement ending Sudan’s crisis

Sudan Tribune report that the Democratic Block faction of the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC-DB) rejects the framework agreement between the military and the Forces of Freedom and Change Central Council (FFC-CC).

The deputy head of the FFC-DB coalition, Justice and Equality Movement leader and finance minister Jibril Ibrahim, labelled the agreement “exclusionary…because it cannot lead to political stability, smooth transitional period or economic stability in the country”.

Ibrahim also criticised the role of the international community in facilitating the agreement, saying they violated Sudan’s national sovereignty by interfering in internal affairs.

FFC-DB political secretary Minni Minnawi, the governor of Darfur and a factional leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, accused the military of only dealing his and Ibrahim’s armed movements while excluding other FFC-DB parties.   

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Atlantic Council – Sudan’s prime minister comes to Washington

2/12/2019: Atlantic Council – Sudan’s prime minister comes to Washington, by Cameron Hudson

Cameron Hudson, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, suggests ways for Prime Minister Hamdok to align US-Sudanese interests.

To enable Sudanese security sector reforms, Hudson suggests that Hamdok request support from US intelligence services in reorganising Sudan’s intelligence services, and for US military assistance and intelligence sharing to allow the US to relay its expectations to the Sudanese military.

Hudson calls for Hamdok to request support from the US State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice in establishing a peace process that affirms Sudan’s sense of national unity, with Hamdok also needing to ratify Sudanese human rights conventions against torture and gendered discrimination, and welcoming global human rights bodies into Sudan.

Finally, Hudson calls for Hamdok to request US support in gaining the political victories needed to mitigate against unpopular economic reforms, and for Sudan’s 2020 budget to shed light on how military-run industries will be regulated.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese armed groups blame South Sudanese mediator for the second time

2/12/2019: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese armed groups blame South Sudanese mediator for the second time

Sudan Tribune reports that several groups in the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) have once again publicly disagreed with Tut Kew Gatluak, the South Sudanese mediator for Sudan’s peace negotiations.

Gatluak sent a letter to the Sudanese government requesting the facilitation of a visit to Khartoum by  a rebel delegation led by Yasir Arman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North.

However, five rebel leaders have denied that the Arman-led delegation is mandated to hold discussions in Khartoum. The leaders including: Minni Minawi, the leader of the largest faction of Sudanese Liberation Army, and Gibril Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement.

The leaders said that Gatluak’s move represents an "interference" in the SRF internal affair. SRF groups in Darfur had previously blamed Gatluak for postponing the Juba peace talks to December 10.