KHARTOUM – Sudan’s Democratic Bloc called on the committee preparing the Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue to accelerate its work, announce a timetable for consultations and broaden participation to include Sudanese living abroad and internally displaced people.
The alliance said the dialogue should involve all Sudanese groups and communities affected by the war as part of efforts to build a nationally owned political process.
Democratic Bloc leader Jaafar al-Mirghani said in a Facebook post that steps taken by Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to prepare the ground for a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue reflected, in his words, “a state that understands victory is completed through consensus.”
He added that “the battlefield gives the dialogue its weight,” while stressing that the state should guarantee the process rather than control it.
The Sudanese-Sudanese Dialogue Preparatory Committee launched its work at a press conference on Aug. 30, amid calls to widen consultations to include political, civil and community groups as well as constituencies directly affected by the conflict.
The Democratic Bloc’s latest position adds to a growing debate over the structure, timing and representation of the proposed dialogue, as Sudanese political forces remain divided over how a post-war political process should be organized.
Supporters of the initiative have called for a broad Sudanese-led process, while other political and civil groups have raised concerns over the conditions for dialogue while fighting continues and over the role of the state in shaping the process.
The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began in April 2023, has displaced millions of people inside and outside Sudan and fragmented the country’s political landscape.
The Democratic Bloc said displaced people and Sudanese in the diaspora should be directly represented in consultations, arguing that the scale of displacement makes their participation essential to any credible national dialogue.
