Friday, March 31, 2023

Sudan Talks On Civilian Government Hit Roadblock

 Reuters published on 30 March 2023 an article titled "Sudanese Talks Hit Roadblock Over Security Sector Reform."

Talks in Sudan aimed at reaching a final agreement to name a civilian government and hold elections hit a wall over the issue of restructuring the military, which currently controls the government.  Disagreement over integrating the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into the regular military is the apparent problem.  The regular army wants this integration to take place within 2 years; the RSF wants 10 years.