SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AFP – One Killed in Renewed Anti-coup Protests in Sudan

21/5/2022: AFP – One Killed in Renewed Anti-coup Protests in Sudan

 

AFP report that Sudanese security forces killed one protester during renewed demonstrations against a military take over that derailed a transition to civilian rule last year, medics said.

 

The victim, who was not identified, died from "a bullet to the chest" in the capital's twin city of Omdurman, the pro-democracy Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said in a statement.

 

The latest death brings the toll to 96 from a crackdown on anti-coup protests which have taken place regularly since the October 25 military coup led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the committee said.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune – AU’s Faki is advised on Sudan by official close to al-Bashir: letter

21/5/19: Sudan Tribune – AU’s Faki is advised on Sudan by official close to al-Bashir: letter

 Sudan Tribune reports that The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, is allegedly advised on Sudan by his Social Affairs Commissioner Amira Elfadil, a former minister of Omar Al Bashir’s government and a member of his National Congress Party.

 In a letter to Faki dated 18 May, the head of Sudanese Diplomat Association, one of the Sudanese Professionals Association groups, Ibrahim Taha Ayoub described Ms Elfadil as "the representative of the defunct regime," adding that "she is interfering with the work of your Organization and…influencing your decision on the matters affecting [Sudan].”

Ayoub concluded “we cannot accept to see the AUC being used as a conduit to bring back repression and corruption to Sudan and instability to the region.”

SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Sudan Tribune - The Perils of Managing Transition: Will Sudanese Kandakas be the the option?

21/5/19: Sudan Tribune- The Perils of Managing Transition: Will Sudanese Kandakas be the option?, by Luka Kuol

 Luka Kuol, a Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, calls for female leadership of Sudan during the transitional period.

 Kuol draws on empirical evidence to highlight the positive role women can play in peace process leadership and peacebuilding. Kuol also looks to the historical leadership roles Sudanese women have held, and the roles they’ve played in the recent protests. He also cites the oppression women have faced under the Bashir regime as a key driver for them being at the forefront of the recent protest movement. 

 Nonetheless, Kuol states that the success of the transitionary period is heavily dependent on the military and their ‘’commitment to a transition that will establish a level playing field for democratic transformation.”

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - With Sudan talks deadlocked, protest group calls strike

21/5/19: Reuters – With Sudan talks deadlocked, protest group calls strike, by Nadine Awadalla

 Reuters reports that the Sudanese Professionals Association has called on Tuesday for a general strike, saying two late-night negotiation sessions with the military had failed to reach a deal on how to lead the country.

 The Declaration of Freedom and Change forces, an alliance of protest and opposition organisations, is demanding civilians head a new Sovereign Council meant to oversee a three-year transition towards democracy.

 But the SPA said that the army was still insisting on directing the transition and keeping a military majority on the council.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Salah Gosh's guards block his arrest

21/5/19: Multiple sources – Salah Gosh’s guards block his arrest

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 Sudanese prosecutors said that security agents guarding the house of former spy chief Salah Gosh, prevented policemen and prosecutors from arresting him, despite a warrant issued by anti-graft authorities.

 Gosh, the former head of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), was to be questioned over a bank account containing ($1 billion) which was only accessible to him, the prosecutor’s office said.

However, “the force that was guarding the house of the accused, which is affiliated with NISS, stopped the order from being executed," the prosecutors office said.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan generals, protesters split on who will lead transition

21/5/19: Multiple sources – Sudan generals, protesters split on who will lead transition

Talks between Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Declaration of Freedom and Change forces (DFC) failed for the second day in a row to produce a breakthrough on the country’s political transition, the council said.

 Negotiations are deadlocked over whether civilians or the military would control a sovereign council that would hold ultimate power.

 The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), which spearheaded protests against Bashir and heads the DFC, has accused the TMC of dragging its feet in the talks and has sought to increase pressure on the council by expanding protests.

The SPA also held the TMC responsible for street violence over the past week.