Hamdok, Burhan sign agreement to end Sudanese political crisis

CAIRO - 21 November 2021: Chairman of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and head of the country's transitional government Abdalla Hamdok signed a political agreement Sunday to end the political crisis in the country.

The 14-point political agreement cancelled Burhan's October 25 decree to dismiss the prime minister.

It stipulates adherence to the 2019 constitutional declaration pending its amendment based on a consensus of all forces except for the National Congress Party, and the creation of a technocratic cabinet. 

Burhan had announced the state of emergency all over the country, the dissolution of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and the government, and the suspension of some articles of the constitutional document for the transitional period in Sudan.

Burhan said that a number of the political forces incited chaos and violence, and started to fight each other, which threatens Sudan’s security. He pledged commitment to the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement, and to the transition process until handing over the authority to a newly elected government by June 2023.