SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese Islamist groups form new political coalition

19/4/2022: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese Islamist groups form new political coalition

Sudan Tribune report that 10 Islamist political groups announced the formation of a new political coalition under the name of “The Broad Islamic Current”.

Among the signatories are the Islamic Movement, a façade of the banned former ruling National Congress Party (NCP), and the State of Law and Development Party of Mohamed Ali al-Jizouli, an ISIS supporter released recently from prison.

The coalition, which does not include the Islamist Popular Congress Party (PCP), aims to coordinate the efforts of the Islamist groups before the general elections at the end of the transition.

Sudan Tribune write that the Islamists seek to take advantage of the new political environment created by the coup d’état of General Abdulfattah al-Burhan, who reinstated the Islamist elements in the civil service and security services.