SUDAN POLITICAL ALERT: Atlantic Council – Event Recap: Prime minister promises “Sudan will never be the same again”
The Atlantic Council re-caps what Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told an audience at the Atlantic Council on December 5 2019.
Hamdok did not give a clear indication of when the US would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, but stressed that it would be necessary for his government to successfully enact reforms.
He said his government’s “top priority is to… build the foundation of sustainable peace,” and focus on stabilising Sudan’s “bankrupt economy,” eradicating corruption, building state institutions, and increasing social development.
Hamdok noted efforts to improve religious minority and women’s rights, and working towards “free and fair elections,” and a “constitutional conference [to] allow [Sudan] to address its problems of identity.”
Hamdok also called on the international community to continue helping Sudan navigate the peace process, including providing “political and technical support” as well as financing “post conflict development” for conflict regions.