SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - Sudan appoints key rebel leaders to interim government

4/2/2021: AP - Sudan appoints key rebel leaders to interim government, by Noha Elhennawy

 AP report that Sudan has appointed three representatives of armed rebel groups to Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council - Alhadi Idris, a leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Malik Agar, head of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North faction in the Blue Nile state, and Al-Taher Abu Bakr Hagar, president of Sudan Liberation Forces.

All fall under the umbrella of the larger Sudan Revolutionary Front, an alliance of armed groups centered in the western Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions, with whom the government signed the Juba peace deal.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudan's Burhan casts doubt on rapid normalization of ties with Israel

4/2/2020: Reuters - Sudan's Burhan casts doubt on rapid normalization of ties with Israel, by Khalid Abdelaziz

Reuters reports on Sudanese condemnations of the meeting in Uganda between Abdelfattah al-Burhan and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

The Sudanese cabinet held meetings with the Forces of Freedom and Change leaders, with the latter accusing al-Burhan of breaching Sudan’s constitutional declaration.

Scores of protesters gathered outside the government headquarters, to condemn the meeting. “The betrayal that was represented in the meeting with the head of the Zionist entity, is a dagger in the heart of the Sudanese people,” said Tarek Babakr, one of the protesters.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - Meeting between Sudan leader, Netanyahu debated in Sudan

4/2/2020: AP - Meeting between Sudan leader, Netanyahu debated in Sudan, by Samy Magdy

AP report that the meeting in Uganda between the head of the Sudanese sovereign council, Abdelfattah al-Burhan, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “stirred controversy” in Sudan.

Magdy states that while some Sudanese social medias denounced al-Burhan’s alleged attempts to “get on the [US President Donald] Trump administration’s good side through Israel,” others argued it was good for Sudan’s future.

The Forces of Freedom and Change released a statement saying it was not consulted ahead of the meeting, but a change in Sudan’s position on Israel is the Sudanese people’s decision. The FFC added that it stands by Palestinian rights to an independent state.

Sadiq al-Mahdi, leader of the National Umma Party, said the meeting “crossed a red line,” and that Netanyahu’s “racist” policies contradict “just and comprehensive” regional peace.

The Sudanese Communist Party also denounced the meeting, as “treason” against the Palestinians.