SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s prime minister reviews reforms of military business companies

24/4/2020: Sudan Tribune - Sudan’s prime minister reviews reforms of military business companies

 Sudan Tribune report that a meeting featuring Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander and Sovereign Council deputy head Himedti - culminated with an agreement on the need to expedite the transfer of industrial and commercial companies of the Sudanese army under civil and commercial laws.

 Sudan Tribune state that the meeting discussed progress in converting the army’s companies operating in non-military fields into public joint-stock companies under the civil code and observing the rules of transparency and oversight. However, according to sources, the companies will continue to belong to the army and the prospect of their transfer to the Ministry of Finance was not discussed.

 The source added that the meeting stressed the importance of Sudan’s Military Industry Corporation (MIC) in utilising its technical and professional capabilities to solving Sudan’s economic crisis.