Rumors of a deal between the ruling military junta in Khartoum and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the main pro-democracy opposition group, had been circulating for several weeks. Meeting at the presidential palace on the banks of the Nile last Monday, the two sides reached an agreement, paving the way for a democratic transition, a year after the military coup.
On October 25, the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, ended the fragile power-sharing between civilians and soldiers created after the overthrow of dictator Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. The scene of large violent demonstrations that claimed nearly 120 lives and injured several thousand.
Two years pass
This agreement, which comes at a time when neither the street nor the army has managed to prevail, appears to be a final attempt to break the political and economic impasse in which the country has found itself. “The military are not…
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Source: Le Figaro
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