SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Gov’t, armed groups strike deal on Sudan transitional parliament

8/7/2020: Sudan Tribune - Gov’t, armed groups strike deal on Sudan transitional parliament

 Sudan Tribune report that Sudan’s transitional government, Freedom and Change Forces (FFC) and armed groups agreed to allocate 75 seats of the Transitional Legislative Council to the Sudanese Revolutionary Front and Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi.

 The deal follows ten days of talks, in which the armed groups initially requested 140 seats out of the 300 available seats.

 Sudan Tribune note that another meeting is expected to take place between the parties to discuss a draft agreement on power-sharing in Darfur.

 The rebel groups demand that $13 billion is allocated over 10 years, whereas the government proposed $5 billion. However, a donor conference to finance the implementation of the peace agreement in Darfur is promised.

 The Darfuri rebels almost demand that demanding 60% of state institutions are allocated to them, whereas the draft says the rebels and government will have 40% each, with the remaining 20% left for stakeholders.