Burhan’s Dialogue Is Not a Path to Stability

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has discovered dialogue again. After years of promises, a military coup, emergency rule, war rhetoric and political exclusion, Sudan’s army chief now says he wants a comprehensive dialogue inside the country to complete a civilian democratic transition. Al Jazeera reported proposals to drop death-penalty charges against opposition leaders and form a preparatory committee; Radio Dabanga reported talk of a presidential amnesty for leaders of the Civil Democratic Alliance, known as Somoud, and other political activists. The language is familiar. That is precisely the problem. Since 2019, Burhan has repeatedly presented himself as Sudan’s temporary guardian on […] The post Burhan’s Dialogue Is Not a Path to Stability appeared first on African Arguments.