Africa
Sudan Military Negotiating Power-sharing Deal To Reverse Coup
- Global condemnation of the coup was swift with the US and World Bank cutting aid to pressure the military into releasing Hamdok…
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sudan’s army and politicians are nearing a new power-sharing deal as international efforts intensify to reverse last week’s coup, according to sources following the talks who made the development known on Wednesday.
Negotiations between the coup leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, former rebel groups and removed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok continued on Tuesday in the capital, Khartoum, a United Nations spokesperson said.
Although there has been progress, key differences are said to remain and an outcome is not guaranteed.
The October 25 overthrow of the civilian-led government derailed a political process that was a rare bright spot in the Horn of Africa region bedeviled by dictatorship and conflict.
“I think they will reach a conclusion very soon,” Imad Adawi, the former chief of staff of Sudan’s military, said from Cairo after being briefed on talks by senior members of the army. “There are many facilitators, including Sudanese actors, South Sudan, African countries and the UN.”
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Global condemnation of the coup was swift with the US and World Bank cutting aid to pressure the military into releasing Hamdok and his detained colleagues.
The US had been cultivating new ties with Sudan following the 2019 removal of longtime leader Omar al-Bashir in mass protests, rescinding its 27-year listing as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Diplomats have said that al-Burhan sees the involvement of Hamdok, who is still under house arrest and has his interactions controlled, in a new administration as key to winning credibility. Sudan had been ruled by civilian and military figures in an uneasy arrangement since 2019.
Hamdok said on Monday the reinstatement of his government could pave the way to a solution in the country, the information ministry said.
The overthrown prime minister “insisted on the legitimacy of his government and transitional institutions”, the information ministry said on its Facebook page.
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