Sudan general accuses foreign missions of ‘inciting’ against army

KHARTOUM, Sudan

The head of Sudan’s ruling military council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, has accused foreign diplomatic missions of “incitement” against the Sudanese army.

"Some missions are inciting against the army. We will not leave them, we warn them and will take measures,” al-Burhan said at a military graduation ceremony in River Nile state in northeastern Sudan.

He, however, did not name these missions or specify the measures that he threatened to take.

Al-Burhan reiterated the army's commitment to a recent political deal signed with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

"We signed an agreement with Hamdok, we are committed to it till the formation of an elected government. We are working with him…to sustain peace and to prepare for the country's elections,” he said.

On Oct. 25, the military dismissed Hamdok’s transitional government and declared a state of emergency, amid accusations between politicians and the military.

Hamdok, however, was reinstated on Nov. 21 under an agreement with the military, in a move that aimed to resolve a political crisis that threatened to undermine Sudan’s transition to democracy.

Before the military takeover, Sudan was administered by a sovereign council of military and civilian officials which was overseeing the transition period until elections in 2023 as part of a precarious power-sharing pact between the military and Forces of Freedom and Change coalition.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara