SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Bloomberg - Sudan Prodded Closer to Powersharing Deal to Reverse Army Coup
Bloomberg report that Sudan’s army and politicians are edging closer to a new power-sharing deal as international efforts intensify to reverse the military coup, according to sources following the talks.
One proposal under discussion would see deposed Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok given greater powers but with a new cabinet more palatable to the army, the sources said.
The army would be in charge of the government’s powerful security and defence councils under the deal. The formation of a new sovereign council, the top executive body headed by army commander-in-chief al-Burhan until he said he was dissolving it, is still being discussed, according to the sources.
The army and politicians are at odds over the cabinet appointments component, the sources said, describing a deal as still elusive.