Armed movements, political parties and civil society should meet with a view to resolving the political crisis that followed the coup of October 25th.
Le Monde with AFP
UN emissary in Sudan, Volker Perthes, announced on Saturday, January 8, the next week of talks between civilians and military in Sudan to resolve the country’s crisis since the coup de State of October 25th.
Discussions will be officially launched on Monday, January 10 by a press conference. All stakeholders, civil and military, “whose armed movements, political parties, civil society, women’s groups and resistance committees”, will be collected. The United Nations Security Council must hold an informal session on Wednesday, January 12 to discuss the latest developments in Sudan.
Resignation of the Prime Minister on January 2
The coup of general and army head Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Bourhane on October 25, 2021 ended the transition to a completely civilian power in Sudan, nearly two years after the fall of Omar Al-Bachir, dictator who stayed in power three decades. At least 60 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in the proprietary events that followed the Putsch, according to the Central Committee of Physicians, an independent association.
The League of Arab States welcomed by communiqué the announcement of the talks to “facilitate the Sudanese dialogue and to solve the difficulties facing the transition period”.
Reinstalling by General Bourhane one month after the coup d’etat and after a month of supervised residence, Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, Civil Face of the Transition, resigned on January 2 after a new day of events who have made three deaths. Since resign, the military has been on orders. General Bourhane, who extended his term from two years to the country’s head, promises elections for July 2023.