SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Army and civilian opposition sign power-sharing deal in Sudan

17/8/19: Multiple sources – Army and civilian opposition sign power-sharing deal in Sudan

• Times, by Hereward Holland

• Bloomberg, by Mohammed Alamin

• New York Times, by Declan Walsh

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz

• AP, by Samy Magdy

• AFP

• BBC
  Sky News

 Sudan’s main opposition coalition, the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) and the ruling military council sealed a power-sharing deal that allows for a transitional government and elections after months of unrest.

 The FFC picked Abdalla Hamdok, a former UN economist, to be prime minister, and named five people as civilian members of the 11-strong sovereign council. The military will choose another five members and the 11th will be chosen jointly.

 The army said that Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the current military council, would lead the sovereign council. Military council spokesman Shams El Din Kabbashi told Sky News that al-Burhan, his deputy Hemedti, and General Yasser Al-Atta were among the other military representatives of the sovereign council.

 The agreement also provides for a 300-member legislative assembly to serve during the transitional period, and a cabinet of technocrats.