SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AFP - Sudan's military, civilian factions sign framework deal aimed at ending crisis

5/12/2022: AFP - Sudan's military, civilian factions sign framework deal aimed at ending crisis

AFP report that Sudan's military and leading civilian entity, the Forces of Freedom and Change Central Council (FFC-CC), signed a preliminary deal aimed at ending the political crisis that followed the 25 October 2021 military coup.

However, AFP note that observers question whether the military would be willing to give up economic interests and wider powers that it views as its privileged domain.

Phase one of the deal "is a very low level commitment on [military leader] al-Burhan's part... allowing him to survive" politically, said Kholood Khair, founder of the Confluence Advisory think-tank. But the signatories will likely face "a real political crisis as they start talking in earnest about security sector reforms, transitional justice (and) financial accountability," she added.