Diplomats say coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan sees involvement of PM Hamdok in a new administration as key to winning credibility
Sudan’s army and politicians have edged closer to a new power-sharing deal as international efforts intensify to reverse last week’s coup, according to people following the talks who disclosed the news on Wednesday.
Negotiations between the coup leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, former rebel groups and removed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok continued on Tuesday in the capital, Khartoum, a United Nations spokesperson said. Although there has been progress, key differences are said to remain and an outcome is not guaranteed.
The October 25 overthrow of the civilian-led government derailed a political process that was a rare bright spot in the Horn of Africa region bedeviled by dictatorship and conflict.
“I think they will reach a conclusion very soon,” Imad Adawi, the former chief of staff of Sudan’s military, said from Cairo after being briefed on talks by senior members of the army. “There are many facilitators, including Sudanese actors, South Sudan, African countries and the UN.”
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