SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Juba peace talks between Sudan govt, rebels postponed

20/11/19: Radio Dabanga - Juba peace talks between Sudan govt, rebels postponed

 Radio Dabanga reports that the second round of peace negotiations between the Sudanese government and the armed rebel movements, scheduled to start in the South Sudanese capital of Juba on 21 November , has been postponed.

 The delay is attributed to “the commitment of some of the armed movements to workshops related to the peace process,” according to Tut Galwak, the chairman of the South Sudanese mediation team.

 The talks will instead resume on December 10.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - U.S. is in midst of Sudan’s lifting from terror list: Nagy

20/11/19: Sudan Tribune - U.S. is in midst of Sudan’s lifting from terror list: Nagy

 Sudan Tribune reports that Tibor Nagy, the Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs, said that the US is in the midst of the process of lifting Sudan from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.

 Nagy’s position on the SST lifting process wavered between seeking to be ascertained that the military would not hamper the transition in Sudan and insisting on the need to conduct several steps stipulated by the process. He also spoke about the need to modify congressional acts banning support to Sudan.

 Nagy also said Sudan was a country the US plans to support in its budget for Africa in 2020, and that the US will “do anything possible to support the [democratic] transition in Sudan.”

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: African Arguments – Sudan needs a lifeline now

20/11/19: African Arguments – Sudan needs a lifeline now, by Seth Appiah-Mensah

 Seth Appiah-Mensah, a former Military Advisor to the African Union Mission in Sudan, calls for the African Union to play a constructive role in shoring up Sudan’s economy.

 Appiah-Mensah suggests that the AU should continue urging the international community to lift Sudan’s sanctions, and it could “go further” in encouraging member-states and the likes of the African Development Bank to support Sudan’s economic recovery, by emphasing that “money spent now will be much less costly that potential peacekeeping efforts in the future.”

 Then, “in an expression of  true pan-Africanism,” Appiah-Mensah calls for the AU to convene a pledging conference to mobilise seed money to support Sudan’s economic recovery efforts.