Sudanese Rebels and Opposition Parties Form Alliance

A number of Sudanese former rebel movements and political parties announced the formation of a new political alliance called the Forces for Freedom and Change-Democratic Block (FFC-DB). They have proposed a number of changes to the 2019 Constitutional Document.

Among the coalition's proposals, too, is to replace the name Forces for Freedom and Change in the Constitutional Document with "civil forces, armed struggle movements, and resistance committees" to move beyond the power of the FFC as the main civilian political actor in government.

In a press conference in Khartoum, speakers stressed that the new alliance "reflects political, cultural, social, and religious diversity". The group includes the National Accord Forces (NAF), the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and the Sudanese Ba'ath Party, amongst others.

These "civil forces, armed struggle movements, and resistance committees" must appoint the prime minister, the sovereign authority, and parliament.

The NAF announced their political vision in August and proposed that the role of the military in the government should be limited to security and defence councils, chaired by a civilian head of state or the prime minister.