SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: AFP - Scepticism greets Sudan's post-coup political deal

6/12/2022: AFP - Scepticism greets Sudan's post-coup political deal, by Menna Zaki

AFP report that Sudan’s framework agreement faces skepticism domestically despite being “widely hailed by the international community.”

Confluence Advisory think-tank founder Kholood Khair said the agreement improves the international community's perception of the commander-in-chief of Sudan’s army Abdulfattah al-Burhan but "works out less well for the civilians who will have to do the hard work and sell it to the public." Khair added that the deal “does not inspire confidence that it will lead to the reforms that people want to see,” and it is “contingent on public trust in the protagonists [which] does not exist”.

Analyst Osman Mirghani said the agreement is “merely a symbolic move” unless “developed further to a more concrete deal”, adding that “it will be hard to proceed with a comprehensive deal without agreeing with armed groups” amid its rejection by armed movement leaders - Darfur governor Minni Minnawi and finance minister Jibril Ibrahim.