SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Bloomberg - Sudan Power-Sharing Deal Promises to Reverse Coup, Boost Economy
Bloomberg report that Sudan’s military leadership and political activists agreed a new framework for power-sharing aimed at ending the crisis caused by the 2021 military coup, potentially curbing the military’s near-total control of resource-rich Sudan.
If successfully implemented and civilian-led government returns, Bloomberg note, the deal could restore billions of dollars of Western financial help, speed large-scale investment from Gulf Arab nations including in ports and agriculture, alongside reviving plans for Sudan to receive debt relief under an International Monetary Fund initiative.
Bloomberg add that the agreement followed weeks of US-brokered negotiations that saw the army and the Rapid Support Forces militia hold direct talks with members of the Forces for Freedom and Change, a coalition of activists and political groups.