Sudan Sets Out Three Year Transition Timeline

Army leaders and protestors in Sudan have announced an agreement regarding a three year transition period, during which time power will be handed over to a fully civilian administration. The announcement represents a compromise between the timeline preferred by military generals of two years, and the four years requested by the protestors, who have been represented in the talks by the Alliance for Freedom and Change.

Negotiations regarding the specifics are continuing. However, representative Lieutenant General Yasser al-Atta has committed to having the agreement completed within the next 24 hours and the contentious matter of the composition of a new sovereign ruling body a key topic of contention appears to have been resolved with Atta indicating that the transition period parliament will have 300 members, with 67 per cent coming from the Alliance for Freedom and Change and the remainder from other political groups.

During the next six months it is understood that the sovereign council will prioritise the signing of peace accords with rebels across war zones such as Darfur, the Blue Nile and South Kordofan.

Five deaths as a result of gunfire were reported on Monday, which the Alliance for Freedom and Change has since described as an attempt disrupt the talks.