🇸🇩 Sudan's Burhan warns against signs of split in ex-ruling party
Armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday criticised factional strife within its former ruling party as risky for Sudan after a move to reinstate an ally of deposed autocrat Omar al-Bashir as the party's leader.
The National Congress Party has deep ties in the army and has seemed to sway its decision-making during the devastating 19-month-old war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in particular hindering attempts to broker a ceasefire.
The NCP, which was in power for three decades before Bashir was ousted by a popular uprising in 2019, has in recent days shown signs of an internal schism after the party's advisory council elected Ahmed Haroun as party president.
Haroun is a close associate of Bashir and both men are wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity dating to the early 2000s war in Sudan's Darfur region. In January, the United States offered a $5 million reward for Haroun's capture.
In a speech, Burhan said the advisory council meeting was divisive. "We do not accept any political activity that threatens the unity of Sudan or its fighters," he told a economic conference in Port Sudan.
"We do not need any (political) conflicts or divisions, we have one goal which is to defeat the rebels (RSF)," he added.
After the current war erupted, Haroun and several former top Bashir deputies were sprung from prison and remain at large.
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Armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday criticised factional strife within its former ruling party as risky for Sudan after a move to reinstate an ally of deposed autocrat Omar al-Bashir as the party's leader.
The National Congress Party has deep ties in the army and has seemed to sway its decision-making during the devastating 19-month-old war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in particular hindering attempts to broker a ceasefire.
The NCP, which was in power for three decades before Bashir was ousted by a popular uprising in 2019, has in recent days shown signs of an internal schism after the party's advisory council elected Ahmed Haroun as party president.
Haroun is a close associate of Bashir and both men are wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity dating to the early 2000s war in Sudan's Darfur region. In January, the United States offered a $5 million reward for Haroun's capture.
In a speech, Burhan said the advisory council meeting was divisive. "We do not accept any political activity that threatens the unity of Sudan or its fighters," he told a economic conference in Port Sudan.
"We do not need any (political) conflicts or divisions, we have one goal which is to defeat the rebels (RSF)," he added.
After the current war erupted, Haroun and several former top Bashir deputies were sprung from prison and remain at large.
#Sudan
@africaintel