The deal could mark a new phase for Sudan but already faces resistance from protesters for sidelining thorny issues
Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir
The deal could mark a new phase for Sudan, but has already faced resistance from protest groups opposed to negotiations with the military and from Islamist factions loyal to the regime of toppled leader Omar al-Bashir. The outline pact set no date for a final agreement or the appointment of the prime minister, and left sensitive issues including transitional justice and security sector reform for further talks.
The takeover led to more than a year of mass protests against the military, during which security forces killed more than 100 civilians, according to a tally by medics.“We will defeat this agreement because it is an extension of the coup,” one protester, state employee Ahmed Fateh al-Rahman, said. “We want justice for our martyrs, trial for the military and civilian rule.”
The military has been pushing a separate, smaller FFC faction to get behind the deal, though one of its members, former rebel and finance minister Jibril Ibrahim, criticised it on Twitter as “exclusionary”. “We’re not interested in politics,” said Mohamed Hassan, a construction worker in Khartoum. “We hope this agreement improves economic conditions and provides health and education to us and our children.”
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