SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudan's military rejects mediation proposal

8/5/19: Sudan Tribune – Sudan’s military rejects mediation proposal

 The Transitional Military Council has rejected a mediation proposal to establish a Security and Defense Council, saying it does not constitute a level of government.

 The mediation proposal offers to form a transitional sovereignty council composed of 10 people (7 of them from the Freedom and Change forces, and 3 from the Transitional Military Council), as well as a defence council to be chaired by head of the military council, and including three civilian acting as prime minister, foreign minister and finance minister.

 TMC spokesman Shams Al Din Kabbashi said that the TMC rejected the proposal as its role is limited to defence policy only, but said the TMC has responded with a request to continue meditation on