SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Reuters - Sudan talks over coup hit "semi-deadlock", sources from ousted government say

6/11/2021: Reuters - Sudan talks over coup hit "semi-deadlock", sources from ousted government say

Reuters report that talks to resolve Sudan’s political crisis following the military coup hit “semi-deadlock” because the military has refused to return to a path of democratic transition, two sources from the ousted government said.

The sources told Reuters the military tightened restrictions on ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, further limiting his ability to hold meetings or make political contacts.

Hamdok demanded preconditions that include the release of top civilians detained during the coup and a return to a transition towards democracy that began after the overthrow of long-term autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019.

Critics of army chief Abdulfattah al-Burhan accuse the army of fomenting unrest before the military takeover, which they say made the risk of civil conflict more likely and derailed a transition that had offered Sudan a chance to escape decades of isolation and internal wars.