Sudan: El Burhan Fires Sudan's Foreign Minister, Governors of Kassala and El Gedaref
In his decree, El Burhan appointed Retd Maj Gen El Sadig El Azrag as governor of Kassala, Retd Maj Gen Mohamed Ahmed Hasan as governor of El Gedaref, and
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In his decree, El Burhan appointed Retd Maj Gen El Sadig El Azrag as governor of Kassala, Retd Maj Gen Mohamed Ahmed Hasan as governor of El Gedaref, and
A preparatory workshop on governance issues in eastern Sudan, organised by the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), concluded with several recommendations and discussed a "social reconciliation process". The issue of eastern Sudan is one of the five outstanding 'thorny' issues that still require negotiations for the Final Agreement between an alliance of civilian forces and Sudan's military junta.
The parties and groups that signed the Framework Agreement with the military junta in Khartoum on December 5 say they reject the Egyptian initiative for an inter-Sudanese dialogue platform to be held in Cairo. “The dialogue process was agreed upon in advance and cannot be changed at the last moment,” a spokesperson said.
Sudan’s Forces for Freedom and Change-Democratic Block (FFC-DB) faction has announced its support for the Egyptian initiative to open a platform for a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue in Cairo. However, the mainstream Forces for Freedom and Change Central Council (FFC-CC) reject the idea.
The head of the High Council of Beja Nazirs and Independent Chieftains, Sayed Tirik, has again threatened to announce self-determination for Red Sea state, Kassala, and El Gedaref, if the government in Khartoum does not respond to their demands for a separate platform on governance and development in eastern Sudan.