Africa Confidential :June 10, 2022

 

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Friday 10th June 2022

This week the UN, the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development tried to bring Sudan's junta into talks with its opponents in the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC). So far, the FFC has refused to join in, accusing the junta of packing the talks with its Islamist allies and reneging on promises to release all political prisoners and stop killing protestors. There is a sliver of a chance of progress after the United States and Saudi Arabia organised 'informal talks' between the junta leaders and civilians on 9 June, the first such meeting since the generals seized power last October. Patrick Smith Editor The following article has just been published on our website www.africa-confidential.com

SUDAN Civilians stand firm as crisis talks falter General Burhan's alliance with Islamist forces is blocking progress on talks to restart the transition and end Khartoum's isolation A week of false starts and crisis talks to reinstate the transition to elections and constitutional rule made clear there is no prospect of progress without the participation of the anti-coup Forces of Freedom and Change and its allies. This was reiterated in informal talks between FFC representatives and military officers that stretched into the early hours of 10 June, and were organised by United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee and Saudi Arabia's ambassador Ali bin Hassan Jaffar. Read this article now

More on Sudan Vol 63 No 10 • 12th May 2022: Burhan lets the Islamists back in Vol 63 No 10 • 12th May 2022: Unloved Hemeti under pressure Vol 63 No 8 • 14th April 2022: Donors pick sides in stand-off Vol 63 No 6 • 17th March 2022: The junta runs out of bread and road Vol 63 No 5 • 3rd March 2022: Schisms in the junta are widening

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