SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Islamist groups reject Sudan’s framework agreement

3/12/2022: Sudan Tribune - Islamist groups reject Sudan’s framework agreement

Sudan Tribune report that People’s Call, an Islamist coalition, demonstrated in Khartoum to voice their opposition to a framework agreement between the military component and civilian forces. The group had recently held a dialogue in favour of the coup leaders.

Mohamed Ali al-Jazouli, the leader of a radical Islamist group, warmed: “we will resist the leadership of the military component and are ready to close the East and North and transfer the protests to the Army General Command” which Sudan Tribune stated meant “they would call on the army to side with them and seize power.”

Sudan Tribune note that Islamist groups reappeared on the political scene after the coup of October 25, 2021, which caused tensions within the military component as the army’s commander-in-chief Abdulfattah al-Burhan sought to use them to support the coup, while the commander of the Rapid Support Forces stood against the move.

SUDAN POLITICAL ALERT: Alliance of Forces for Radical Change - To compromise with murderers is to be their partner in crime

3/12/2022: Alliance of Forces for Radical Change - To compromise with murderers is to be their partner in crime

The Alliance of Forces for Radical Change (AFRC), a coalition led by the Sudanese Communist Party, called for the rejection of the Framework Agreement, labeling it a “legitimisation of the authority of the 25 October 2021 coup”.

The AFRC asked: “why do political forces that were affiliated with the revolution strive for political action that is contrary to the revolution?”, before adding “the answer lies in the fact that the interests of these forces are consistent and complementary with each other and against the aspirations of our people for freedom, peace, democracy, and justice”.

The AFRC further stated that “the interests of politicians seeking to inherit the former regime are integrated with the ambition of the military to continue their political and economic control, and justice for the martyrs is a ‘minimal’ price for the continuation of this alliance”.

SUDAN POLITICAL ALERT: Khartoum Resistance Committees - Statement: Let all the traitors fall

3/12/2022: Khartoum Resistance Committees - Statement: Let all the traitors fall

The coordination of Khartoum Resistance Committees called for committees across Sudan to continue the path towards revolution in a statement rejecting the framework agreement.

“We are consciously resisting for a just, comprehensive, and sustainable peace that addresses the roots of the historical crisis in our country, and leads to a radical and comprehensive change…which begins with a providing a decent life, security, and freedom for the Sudanese [people], and curbing the machine of killing of unarmed civilians in all regions of Sudan,” Khartoum RCs said.  

“Transforming the project of the great Sudanese revolution into a project for a political settlement” that recognizes the coup regime is not only a matter of “high treason” but also breaks from the revolution, the statement stressed.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s army regains control of border region after 25 years

3/12/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s army regains control of border region after 25 years

 Radio Dabanga report that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) have taken control of the area of Khor Yabis in eastern El Gedaref on the border between Sudan and Ethiopia.

A military source from El Fashaga confirmed the deployment of the armed forces in half of the area that was formerly occupied by Ethiopian gunmen (called shifta in the region).

The shifta regularly conduct violent cross-border raids to steal crops and livestock, or kidnap people for ransom.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan journalists call for removal of ‘figures of the old regime’ from media institutions

3/12/2019: Radio Dabanga - Sudan journalists call for removal of ‘figures of the old regime’ from media institutions

Radio Dabanga reports that the Sudanese Journalists Network (SJN) organised a protest against affiliates of the former regime in the institutions of the Ministry of Culture and Information.

They handed over a memorandum to the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information El Rashid Saeed, which called for:

·      The urgent formation of a fact-finding committee that cooperates with the Ministry of Culture and Information concerning the establishment of media institutions and sources of funding.

·      The committee should also  include the Commercial Registrar, the Attorney General, the Auditor General, the Ministry of Justice and some journalists.

·      Media institutions belonging to members of the military and security apparatus should be suspended.

·      The national media institutions to be restructured so that they reflect Sudanese diversity and values.

·      A media conference on the development of a media strategy for the coming 50 years.

 

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Yasir Arman: ‘Rebel delegation not in Khartoum to negotiate’

3/12/2019: Radio Dabanga - Yasir Arman: ‘Rebel delegation not in Khartoum to negotiate’

Radio Dabanga reports that delegations from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Yasir Arman arrived in Khartoum upon invitation from the Sudanese government, despite criticisms from other senior Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) leaders that their respective movements were not consulted.

SRF leaders Minni Minawi, head of the Sudan Liberation Movement, Jibril Ibrahim, leader of the Justice and Equality Movement, and El Amin Daoud, head of the eastern Sudanese United Popular Front for Liberation and Justice had issued a statement that the SRF had not sent a delegation to negotiate with the government on peace matter

However, the SPLM-N’s Yasir Arman, said the delegation he is leading has not arrived to negotiate, “but to push forward the spirit of partnership with the transitional government to reach a just, comprehensive and urgent peace.”