SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudanese talks hit roadblock over security sector reform

30/3/2023: Reuters - Sudanese talks hit roadblock over security sector reform

Reuters report that talks in Sudan aimed at reaching a final agreement to launch a new transition towards elections have hit a roadblock over the thorny issue of restructuring the military, political and military sources said. 

Disagreements surfaced over the timeline for integrating the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the military, a move called for in a framework deal for the new transition signed in December 2022.  

Army, police, and intelligence withdrew from the talks in protest against the lack of any timetable for integration, two political sources and one military source told Reuters.

While the army prefers a two-year timeline for integration, international facilitators have suggested five years, the sources said, while the RSF proposed 10 years.