EU Ambassadors Discuss Return to Constitutional Order with Sudanese FM

EU Ambassadors based in Sudan met today with Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi (EU Mission)
EU Ambassadors based in Sudan met today with Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi (EU Mission)
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EU Ambassadors Discuss Return to Constitutional Order with Sudanese FM

EU Ambassadors based in Sudan met today with Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi (EU Mission)
EU Ambassadors based in Sudan met today with Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi (EU Mission)

European Union Ambassadors based in Sudan met with Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi and discussed the current crisis facing the Arab-African country.

In a statement on its official Facebook page, the EU Mission said the ambassadors reiterated support for the return to constitutional order, the need for the immediate release of detainees, and protection of the right to peaceful demonstrations.

Al-Mahdi said that the meeting tackled the current political issue following the October 25 coup, and the European community's role in resolving the crisis.

In a statement, Al-Mahdi called on the international community to pressure the coup leaders to release all political detainees, restore internet services, and provide urgent support to confront the coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement issued earlier after the army leaders seized power, the mission called "for the immediate return to the roadmap for a democratic transition of Sudan, as laid out in the Constitutional Document and the Juba Peace Agreement."

A UN circular advised agencies that the government of Sudan's ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok continued to be recognized and that "persons claiming to be replacing" his officials should only be met for limited reasons.

The Troika countries warned the junta against taking unilateral measures. The UK, US, and Norway called for returning to the civilian-led transition.

Also, the ministers of the legitimate transitional government renewed their categorical rejection of the military coup, calling for lifting of the state of emergency and the release of the prime minister, ministers, and all political detainees.

The ministers condemned the security forces' violence, repression, and systematic attacks against peaceful demonstrators and arrest campaigns. They demanded an investigation to prosecute the perpetrators involved in killing demonstrators, as well as the barbaric assault on them.

They stressed that the military coup undermines the achievements of the transitional government, which include removing Sudan's name from the state sponsors of terrorism list, debt relief, grants, and the recovery of the national economy.

The Forces of Freedom and Change announced it would support the mass movements and revolutionary forces in their strikes and civil disobedience. They will also prepare for the protest with the participation of millions to overthrow the military coup.

The Forces denounced the pressures and threats against the detainees that put them in a life-threatening situation. They rejected the intimidation of the coup against the detainees and deprived them of their constitutional and legal rights.



Sudanese Coalition Led by Paramilitary RSF Announces Parallel Government

FILE - An army soldier walks in front of the Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo, file)
FILE - An army soldier walks in front of the Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo, file)
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Sudanese Coalition Led by Paramilitary RSF Announces Parallel Government

FILE - An army soldier walks in front of the Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo, file)
FILE - An army soldier walks in front of the Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo, file)

A Sudanese coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on Saturday a parallel government, a move fiercely opposed by the army that could drive the country further towards partition as a two-year-old civil war rages.

The government led by RSF General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, was announced west of the country.

The RSF and its allies signed in March a transitional constitution outlining a federal, secular state divided into eight regions, Reuters said.

The RSF controls much of the west of the country such as the vast Darfur region and some other areas but is being pushed back from central Sudan by the army, which has recently regained control over the capital Khartoum.

The military led by career army officer General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had condemned the idea of the RSF creating a parallel government and promised to keep fighting until it controls all of Sudan, which has been plagued by conflicts, coups, poverty and hunger.

In February, the RSF and other allied rebel leaders agreed in Kenya to form a government for a "New Sudan," aiming to challenge the army-led administration's legitimacy and secure advanced arms imports.

Dagalo, a former militia leader and one of Sudan's wealthiest people, known as Hemedti, was hit with sanctions by the US, which accused him of genocide earlier this year.

He had previously shared power with Burhan after veteran autocrat Omar al-Bashir's ouster in 2019. However, a 2021 coup by the two forces ousted civilian politicians, sparking a war over troop integration during a planned transition to democracy.

Burhan was sanctioned in January by the US which accused him of choosing war over negotiations to bring an end to the conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people.

The ongoing conflict has devastated Sudan, creating an "unprecedented" humanitarian crisis in the country, with half the population facing spreading hunger and famine, according to the United Nations.