Sudan: Excessive-Stage Tagaddum Delegation Visits Cairo for Political Talks

Addis Ababa — In a outstanding improvement concerning the political state of affairs in Sudan, the Egyptian authorities invited the chair of the Civil Democratic Forces (Tagaddum), former PM Abdalla Hamdok, to Cairo for talks. Dabanga correspondent Ashraf Abdelaziz spoke with the alliance’s spokesperson Alaaeldin Nugud in Addis Ababa about Hamdok’s present go to to the Egyptians capital.

“The go to follows the latest flip within the Egyptian place on the absurd battle raging in Sudan, creating one of many largest humanitarian disasters on the earth,” Abdelaziz writes. “Observers consider that the Egyptian transformation started with the participation of Egyptian officers within the Manama platform, after which they invited Tagaddum* leaders to debate stopping the battle in Sudan.”

The invitation from the Egyptian authorities got here after a request for a gathering made by the Civil Democratic Forces(Tagaddum, that means progress in Arabic) alliance of Sudanese pro-democratic political events and teams, together with distinguished members of the mainstream Forces for Freedom and Change. Tagaddum was founded in October final 12 months.

“The most recent developments, particularly the very constructive talks in Manama, capital of Bahrain, an Egyptian-Emirati initiative that befell in finish January between Lt Gen Shamseldin Kabashi, deputy commander-in-chief of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the deputy commander of the Speedy Help Forces, Gen Abdelrahim Dagalo, paved the best way for Egypt’s invitation to the Civil Democratic Forces,” Abdelaziz states.

Final 12 months in July, the Egyptian authorities organised a summit in Cairo for Sudan’s seven neighbouring nations to debate the implications of the violent battle between the SAF and the RSF. The taking part leaders agreed to ascertain a ‘ministerial mechanism’ geared toward bringing an finish to the battle. The League of Arab States and the African Union had been to implement the summit’s outcomes.

All neighbouring nations obtained tens to hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees because the preventing broke out on April 15 final 12 months, together with Egypt. The continued flow of refugees and the disruption of many financial pursuits are each placing stress on the Egyptian authorities.

“All these elements, along with the big and clear affect of Islamists within the military and Sudanese de facto authorities, and the Iranian assist of the RSF within the battle, now threatening commerce by means of the Purple Sea and the Egyptian Suez Canal, made the local weather ripe for Cairo’s invitation of the Sudanese politicians.”

The high-level Tagaddum delegation, chaired by Hamdok, arrived in Cairo on Friday.

Egyptian journalist and political analyst Shawqi Abdelazim instructed Radio Dabanga that day that “the army management in Sudan continued to consider that Egypt was one in every of its supporters, given the repeated visits of army leaders and [SAF Commander) El Burhan personally to Egypt. It was not a secret that the connection between the SAF management and the Civil Democratic Forces was tense. The military avoided meeting with Tagaddum for months, and now, by means of this go to, the best way could also be opened for a gathering with the SAF management, as occurred earlier than with the RSF”.

Manama talks

Tagaddum spokesperson Alaaeldin Nugud instructed Radio Dabanga correspondent Abdelaziz within the Ethiopian capital on Saturday concerning the significance of the alliance’s go to to Cairo.

In response to Nugud, the rules agreed on within the Egyptian-backed Manama talks “totally correspond with the roadmap Tagaddum developed in November final 12 months, together with the formation of 1 skilled Sudanese military in a means that ensures range, ensures justice, and dismantling the remaining Al Bashir cells throughout the safety and army establishments and the civil service. These rules stipulated within the Manama Agreement represent a really large push for an finish to the battle and the restoration of democracy in Sudan”.

New alliances

The Egyptian intervention could contribute to the creation of recent alliances, and bridge the hole between Tagaddum and the FFC-Democratic Bloc, consisting of Darfur insurgent actions that backed the joint SAF-RSF coup d’état that ousted the federal government of Hamdok in October 2021, the mainstream Democratic Unionist Social gathering, the Sudanese Ba’ath Social gathering, and the japanese Sudanese Excessive Council for Beja Nazirs.

“We’re open to assembly all Sudanese political forces, besides the dissolved Nationwide Congress Social gathering, the Islamic Motion, and their allies,” Nugud mentioned.

“Taqaddum is the product of a broad civil front to cease the battle, so we welcome any occasion based mostly on the slogan No to Battle. The issue lies in those that name for the continuation of the battle and have fighters allied to one of many fighters.”

Hamdok met earlier with Minni Minawi, governor of Darfur area, head of a Sudan Liberation Entrance breakaway faction, and co-founder of the FFC- Democratic Bloc. “These conferences are nothing greater than dialogues that contribute to pushing in the direction of official dialogues, personally or on behalf of an establishment. The Tagaddum chair is utilizing use all his private and official relations to push for an finish to the preventing and the struggling of the Sudanese.”

Impression

As for the potential affect of Hamdok’s go to to Cairo , the alliance’s spokesperson mentioned that “Taqaddum efforts have led to invites to many platforms that didn’t invite civil coalitions earlier than. We attended meetings of the Intergovernmental Authority for Growth (IGAD), we talked with African presidents on the sidelines of the African Union summit final month, so it’s not that unusual for Tagaddum to be formally invited by Egypt.

“We at all times carry the identical agenda, our street map and the Declaration of Principles we signed with the RSF in early January and nonetheless hope to signal with the SAF, which we now have now been discussing in Cairo and can proceed to debate to achieve an finish to the devastating violence in Sudan”.