Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 42nd Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD Heads of State and Governmen has resolved that Sudan’s Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF leader Gen Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo meet face-to-face within two weeks for dialogue. “The country ( Sudan) does not belong to either of you,” IGAD …
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Sudan’s army chief demands paramilitary forces’ withdrawal to achieve ceasefire KHARTOUM | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Sunday said that stopping the war in Sudan would not be achieved except by withdrawal of the …
Read More »Sudan’s army chief rejects peace deal without paramilitary forces’ withdrawal
KHARTOUM | Xinhua | Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday said the army would not sign any peace agreement that does not include the withdrawal of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from public facilities and citizens’ homes. Al-Burhan, also the chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, made …
Read More »Tripartite mechanism says Sudan closer to settlement for political crisis
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | A tripartite mechanism tasked with facilitating intra-Sudanese dialogue announced on Monday that they are getting closer to a satisfactory settlement for Sudan’s political impasse. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, met here on Monday with representatives of the tripartite mechanism, which …
Read More »Armed group alliance welcomes Sudan’s Al-Burhan’s decision to open dialogue
Khartoum, Sudan | XINHUA | The Revolutionary Front alliance, which brings together several armed groups in Sudan, on Saturday welcomed Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan’s decision to create a suitable atmosphere for dialogue. Al-Burhan announced in a speech in Khartoum on Friday that he would take …
Read More »Sudan’s authorities order probe into mass protests
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Security and Defense Council on Saturday ordered to speed up investigations into Thursday’s mass protests in the capital Khartoum and neighboring areas which resulted in the deaths of four protesters and injuries of hundreds of others. The council held an emergency meeting at …
Read More »Sudan’s Burhan says met Israel PM to ‘protect national security’
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan’s leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Tuesday his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the previous day was driven by his responsibility to protect the country’s national security. Burhan’s first remarks about the meeting in Uganda, talks that surprised even Sudan’s cabinet, came …
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By drawing lessons from its history it can ensure negotiation of settlements of the country’s broader conflicts AFRICA ANALYSIS | WILLOW BERRIDGE | A military coup d’etat in Sudan has ended Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule. This is the sixth coup the country’s military have led since independence in 1956. The …
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