{"id":47426,"date":"2022-01-16T11:26:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T11:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=47426"},"modified":"2022-01-16T11:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T11:26:14","slug":"sudan-pro-democracy-faction-agrees-to-un-brokered-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=47426","title":{"rendered":"Sudan pro-democracy faction agrees to UN-brokered talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Forces of Freedom of and Change says it will take part in UN-sponsored talks to end months of political deadlock.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A prominent Sudanese pro-democracy group has conditionally accepted the UN\u2019s offer to broker an end to political deadlock following the October military coup.<\/p>\n

Jaafar Hassan, a spokesperson for the Central Council for the Forces of Freedom and Change (CCFFC), said in a press statement on Sunday that the council decided to accept the invitation of the United Nations mission (UNITAMS) to support dialogue between the parties to the Sudanese crisis.<\/p>\n

Hassan said a delegation from the CCFFC will meet on Sunday with UNITAMS to deliver the coalition\u2019s vision regarding the initiative for dialogue between the various Sudanese parties.<\/p>\n

Another key civilian group, the Sudanese Professionals Association, however, has rejected the UN\u2019s offer.<\/p>\n

Protesters have been holding regular marches against the military since it overthrew the civilian-led government of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok last October. They want the military to be kept out of the transitional governing coalition.<\/p>\n

Hamdok was reinstated on November 21<\/a> in a deal that called for an independent technocratic cabinet under military oversight.<\/p>\n

But Sudan\u2019s pro-democracy movement denounced that agreement, insisting that power be handed over to a fully civilian government. Hamdok resigned in early January<\/a>, citing longstanding disagreements with the military rulers and the slow pace of reforms.<\/p>\n

The CCFFC\u2019s decision to take part in the UN-brokered talks comes amid intensifying regional and international efforts to resolve the crisis.<\/p>\n

The African Union\u2019s envoy, Edewe Bankole, is in Khartoum where he met with representatives of the Forces of Freedom and Change.<\/p>\n

Bankole said the purpose of the talks was to listen to the points of view of all Sudanese in order to find solutions to this crisis.<\/p>\n

Separately, David Satterfield, the new US envoy to the Horn of Africa, is expected to visit<\/a> Sudan next week where he and US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee will meet military and political figures as well as pro-democracy activists.<\/p>\n

The meeting aims to \u201cmarshal international support\u201d for the United Nations mission to \u201cfacilitate a renewed civilian-led transition to democracy\u201d in Sudan, the US Department of State said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The CCFFC had stipulated, earlier, an end to what it called a state of coup, an end to violations, and the lifting of the state of emergency.<\/p>\n