Sudan: Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) – Executive Office – Urgent statement (28.02.2022)

The Sudanese revolution demonstrated once again its ability to defeat the repressive coup machine, by successfully overcoming the excessive repression in Khartoum and reaching the Republican Palace today, February 28, 2020.

The coup forces brutally confronted the dispersal of the gathering of revolutionaries in front of the palace and at the same time exerted their utmost repression in both Bahri and Omdurman against the peaceful revolutionaries.. He rose as a result of the bloody repression as a martyr in Omdurman, in addition to dozens of wounded.

There is no retreat from the path of peaceful struggle to defeat the coup and restore the path of civil democratic transformation.. The leaders of the coup must submit to the will of this people.

Whatever the case, the united will of the people will triumph.

Media Committee of the Forces of Freedom and Change

February 28, 2022

Sudan: Statement on the Release of UNITAMS Summary Report on its Consultations for a Political Process for Sudan (28.02.2022)

The military coup of 25 October 2021 constituted a significant setback in realizing the goals to be achieved during the transitional period in Sudan.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, February 28, 2022 – In 2019, the victory of the Sudanese revolution and its slogans of freedom, peace and justice provided a unique and inspiring example for the world over. It was the unprecedented courage of the Sudanese youth, women and men in their continuous struggle to liberate from dictatorship, which opened the door to a new future in Sudan, in which the problems of the past would be addressed, and the Sudanese state would be rebuilt on the foundations of civility and democracy that its people aspire to. The United Nations was committed from the first moment to go hand in hand with the people of Sudan on this journey, and to provide all possible support and assistance in the journey of democratization, reform and reconstruction that the Sudanese people aspire to in the transitional period that followed the victory of the revolution.

Accordingly, on 3 June 2020, and in response to the direct request of the civilian-led transitional Government of Sudan, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2524 (2020), established the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), a special political mission to provide support to Sudan during its political transition to democratic rule.

The military coup of 25 October 2021 constituted a significant setback in realizing the goals to be achieved during the transitional period in Sudan.  However, we remain hopeful that the Sudanese people will be able to restore the path of transition towards civil and democratic transformation, benefiting from the experiences of the past and focusing on the promises of the future.

On 8 January 2022, following the resignation of Prime Minister Hamdok after various unsuccessful domestic initiatives to restore the constitutional order, UNITAMS launched a political process that started with initial consultations with a wide range of Sudanese stakeholders to address the current political impasse and develop a path towards democracy and peace. The report that we present today represents a summary of the opinions and areas of convergence and divergence heard by the mission during 110 consultation meetings with over 800 participants – one third of them women – from various parts of Sudan, as well as those contained in over 80 written submissions. This report will help in formulating and designing the next stage of the process in order to break the current political impasse. Such an outcome can only be Sudanese-made and Sudanese-owned in order to succeed.

Although this report may disappoint those who expected a solution from the UN, the objective of this process remains to support a Sudanese solution towards emerging from the current political crisis towards realizing the goals of their revolution. However, a prominent outcome of the report is that despite variances in opinions, there were several areas of consensus. Most consultees identified similar points of concern emerging from the recent past. We identified areas of consensus and divergences between the different interlocutors we have consulted. These reflect the views of Sudanese participants. The UN has no position on these views and opinions, but they will assist through the next stages of the political process.

The United Nations remains committed to supporting a civilian-led democratic government as the ultimate objective of the transitional period in Sudan, as per its mandate. We are likewise guided by the principles of the Organization, including respect for human rights and the centrality of women and youth participation in a political process.

In “Our Common Agenda” Report of September 2021, Secretary-General António Guterres affirmed the unequivocal commitment of the United Nations “to promote respect for democracy and human rights, and to enhance democratic governance and the rule of law by strengthening transparent and accountable governance and independent judicial institutions.” This puts the aspirations that the Sudanese people wish to achieve at the heart of the future global agenda. I assure the Sudanese that they will not walk alone. We will be working side-by-side with our international and regional partners – particularly the African Union and IGAD – in the coming phase, to push the political process forward with the participation of all Sudanese actors in order to restore the path of civil and democratic transformation in Sudan. Satisfying the aspirations of Sudan’s people and realizing the slogans of their 2019 revolution are our ultimate objectives.

To view the summary paper of the consultations on a political process for Sudan, please visit the link

Sudan: Resistance Committees in Khartoum State – Charter for the establishment of the People’s Authority (January 2022)

Sudan: Hemeti seeks a stronger Russian bilateral support for the RSF

Hemetti-led Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have already established strong cooperation with Wagner a private paramilitary force close to the Kremlin. The RSF leader, however, ambitions to get more Russian weapons for his militiamen. Moscow seeks to consolidate relations with the Sudanese military rulers and to convince them to implement a 25-year agreement to establish a logistical and technical support base on the Red Sea for the Russian Navy. Last December, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Head of the Sovereign Council said the agreement, signed with the former regime, was still under review. But, al-Burhan expressed hope that its implementation would consolidate bilateral relations between the two countries” (Sudan Tribune – ‘Sudan’s Hemetti supports Russian recognition of separatist Ukrainian regions’ 24.02.2022).

Just as the warfare is happening in Europe. The Deputy Head of the Transitional Sovereign Council General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti or Hemetti visited Russia on the 23rd February as he also did support Russian actions towards Ukraine in the separatist regions. This shows that he treasures the Russian friendship and alliance. As they are trading partners and supplying arms to the Rapid Support Force in Sudan.

That the Sudanese leaders does this now. Shows their friendship and where they are seeking aid. As they know these are preoccupied with conflict elsewhere. Since they can get the needed arms support and aid, which differs any embargo or freezing of accounts. Alas, it is a way of sophisticated getting in and around other Western responses to usage of force against civilians and protesters against the military government in Sudan.

Hemeti is also strengthening his own power and ability. As the RSF will become stronger and have better arms in the near future. While they are ensure trading of illicit minerals and other exports, which secures the Transitional Sovereign Council funds. This is both helping Russia in the possible hits of sanctions from the West. As it has a trading partner and ability to export certain goods from Sudan. Therefore, what is being done here is a practical support of the war-effort in Europe by Sudanese government. That’s a decision, which both parties have done in this current time.

War-Lords prefers to talk and make agreements with other war-lords. The proof of that is with Hemeti and Putin. These two are alike, but from different continents. What Putin is doing to Ukraine. Hemeti has done his efforts within Sudan for years and especially Darfur. While trading arms to Tchad as well. Therefore, this isn’t new, but shows what sort of character Hemeti is.

This here shows the crude actions of both parties and why we cannot expect men like Hemeti will be helpful to a transition to a civilian government. As his in this to strengthen his own capabilities and forces.

So, Hemeti didn’t travel to Russia out of charity, but out of a beneficial interests of both parties. To trade and get arms. That gives him more power in Sudan. Peace.

Sudan: Central Committee of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) – Field Report of civilians injury cases during the February 21st,2022 anti-coup protests (22.02.2022)

In total, (159) cases of injuries have been counted so far, including (2) cases of live bullet wounds (both stable), and (27) cases of head injuries from tear gas canisters, including one that led to a fracture of the skull ,(stable), (2) cases of injury to the eye, and (9) cases of running over by Military Coup forces’ vehicles .

The total number of injuries reached 159, as follows:

– (2) cases of live bullet injury, to foot and to thigh (all are stable)

– (2) case of rubber bullet injury (one of which resulted in a broken leg)

– (1) case of a gunshot wound to the hand

– (9) cases of run-over by vehicles belonging to the Military Coup forces

– (27) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters ,one of them resulted in a fracture of the skull bone ,(stable)

– (60) cases of sporadic injuries to the body from tear gas canisters

– (6) Cases of head injury with hard objects

– (2) cases of eye injury (one with a tear gas canister and the other with a stone)

– (4) cases of stun grenade injury

– (1) injury case of stun grenade fragments

– (25) isolated cases of injuries as a result of hitting with batons, throwing stones, and stampede

– (20) cases of suffocation by tear gas

The capital, Khartoum:

Bahri city processions and their localities:

Total injuries (66) cases, as follows:

– (2) cases of live bullet injury, to foot and to thigh (all stable)

– (1) case of rubber bullet injury (leading to leg fracture)

– (6) cases of run-over by military Coup vehicles

– (7) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters one of them led to a fracture of the skull (stable)

– (31) cases of sporadic injury to the body from tear gas canisters

– (5) Cases of head injury with hard objects.

– (1) Case of injury to the eye with a stone

– (3) cases of stun grenade injury

– (1) injury case of stun grenade fragments

– (8) isolated cases of injuries as a result of hitting with batons, throwing stones, and stampede

– (1) case of suffocation by tear gas

Processions of Khartoum and its localities:

Total injuries (63) cases, as follows:

– (1) case of a gunshot wound to the hand

– (9) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters.

– (1) case of injury to the eye by a tear gas canister.

– (1) Case of head injury with a hard object.

– (22) isolated cases of body injury from tear gas canisters

– (3) Cases of running over by Military Coup forces’ vehicles

– (11) isolated cases of injuries as a result of beating with batons, throwing stones, and stampede

– (15) cases of suffocation by tear gas

Processions of Omdurman and its localities:

Total injuries (30) cases, as follows:

– (1) case of rubber bullet injury

– (1) case of a stun grenade hit

– (11) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters.

– (7) cases of sporadic injuries to the body from tear gas canisters

– (6) isolated cases of injuries as a result of beating with batons, throwing stones, and stampede

– (4) cases of suffocation by tear gas

CCSD will provide you with every update it receives in continuous field reports to expose the coup military council.

There are injuries in the field that were treated by field aid teams and are not included in the list.

The details of the aforementioned injured until the moment of the issuance of this report are confined to us to ensure their rights, and not sharing them is at the core of the professional obligation to respect their privacy.

Any other injury that occurred in the regions are being investigated and an update will be published upon confirmation.

Glory and eternity to our brave martyrs.

Urgent recovery to our wounded heroes..

CCSD’s Media Office

February 22th, 2022

Sudan: Central Committee of Sudan Doctors – Field Report On Civilians’ injury cases during the February 20th, 2022 anti-coup protests (21.02.2022)

In total, (92) cases of injuries have been counted so far, including (1) case of a facial injury (the cause of which has not yet been determined) that caused fracture of the upper and lower jaw, (2) cases of live bullet injuries (both of which are stable), and (23) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters, (4) cases of eye injury (two of them due to tear gas canister), and (3) cases of run over.

The total number of injuries reached (92) cases, as follows:

– (1) A case of a facial injury -the cause of which has not yet been determined- that led to a fracture of the upper and lower jaw bones (stable).

– (2) cases of live bullet injury, to foot and to hand (stable)

– (5) cases of fragments injury, the source of which has not been determined (sound grenade/bullets)

– (2) injury cases of a stun grenade fragments

– (23) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters.

– (4) cases of eye injury, two of which were caused by tear gas canisters.

– (4) Cases of head injury with a hard object.

– (29) cases of sporadic injury to the body from tear gas canisters

– (3) Cases of being run over by military vehicles (one of them resulted in a fracture of the femur)

– (11) isolated cases of injuries as a result of beating with batons, throwing stones, and stampede

– (8) cases of suffocation by tear gas

The capital, Khartoum

Processions of Khartoum city and its localities:

Total injuries (71) cases, as follows:

– (1) case of a facial injury of undetermined cause yet, led to a upper and lower jaw fracture (stable)

– (2) cases of live bullet injury, to foot and to hand (the two cases are stable)

– (5) cases of fragments injury – the source of which has not been determined (sound grenade / bullets)

– (1) case of being hit by a stun grenade

– (16) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters.

– (3) cases of eye injury, two of which were caused by tear gas.

(4) Cases of head injury with hard objects.

– (23) cases of sporadic injury to the body from tear gas canisters

– (3) Cases of being run over by Security forces vehicles (one of them resulted in a fracture of the femur)

– (8) isolated cases of injuries as a result of hitting with batons, throwing stones, and stampede

(5) cases of suffocation by tear gas

Bahri city processions and their localities:

Total injuries (18) cases, as follows:

-(5) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters

– (1) case of injury to the eye as a result of stone throwing.

– (6) isolated cases of body injury from tear gas canisters

– (3) isolated cases of injuries as a result of beating with batons, stone throwing and stampede

– (3) cases of suffocation by tear gas

Processions of Omdurman city and its localities:

Total injuries (3) cases, as follows:

– (2) cases of head injury from tear gas canisters.

– (1) injury case of stun grenade fragments

CCSD will provide you with every update it receives in continuous field reports to expose the Military Council to the world.

There are injuries in the field that were treated by field aid teams and are not included in the list.

The details of the aforementioned injured until the moment of the issuance of this report are confined to us to ensure their rights, and not sharing them is at the core of the professional obligation to respect their privacy.

Any other injury that occurred in the regions are being investigated and an update will be published upon confirmation.

Glory and eternity to our brave martyrs.

Urgent recovery to our wounded heroes..

CCSD’s media office

February 21, 2022

Sudan: Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) – Statement from the Executive Office of the Forces of Freedom and Change (20.02.2022)

The formation of the field movement coordination committee is a duty that cannot be postponed.

Preserving the unity of the resistance committees is of paramount importance.

Resisting the deterioration of living life and the economic situation is a foreground battle.

Stopping arrests and releasing detainees is the duty of the hour.

The Executive Office of the Forces of Freedom and Change held an extraordinary meeting to discuss the political situation, the economic collapse and its rapid developments today, Sunday, February 20, 2022 AD, at the National Umma Party House, Umma Party Sudan, and concluded the following:

1. The forces of the revolution are confronted by a delicate circumstance that calls for all the store of their wisdom and necessitates putting all differences aside, especially since all the forces of the revolution call for the establishment of a broad front with different descriptions of that front, its tasks and strength, but the reality of today requires the establishment of a committee or a coordinating center for the revolutionary field movement from all its components, to expand the social base of the movement, diversify its methods, and agree on daily tasks.

2. The resistance committees are a popular offspring of the glorious December revolution, and they cannot be endorsed for the benefit of any particular party. They represent the heart of the revolution and its pulse linked to the street. They also represent all categories of our honorable people, and we all have to support its unity and not expose it to disputes; Like what happened in the experience of the gathering of professionals, it is a barrier and an organizer for the efforts of millions of our people who are eager for democracy and civil rule.

3. The deterioration of living life and economic collapse is an issue that hits the doors of millions of families, and the forces of freedom and change will issue a detailed position on the policies of looting and impoverishment followed by the coup plotters, the status of the issue of living life, and the doubling of the prices of food, medicines, health services, water, electricity and cooking gas, which cannot be tolerated by large groups of the people, should be at the forefront of our daily work agenda and proposing various forms in neighborhoods, workplaces, housewives and all those affected by the Solidarity Front to combat the policies of the coup and looting of resources.

4. We condemn the arrest of Mr. Taha Othman Ishaq, a member of the Executive Office, which is a fabricated political arrest in criminal dress. We also call on the sons and daughters of our people at home and abroad to organize a comprehensive national campaign to release all detainees, who are more than 200 people, including more than 96 people in Soba prison, and to raise our voices in calling for the cessation of violence and torture, raising the banner of solidarity with the families of the detainees, and demanding the provision of food and medicine to the detainees, we urge jurists and human rights organizations to meet with Mr. Adama Deng, the expert and representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who arrived in the country today and ask him to visit the detainees, work for their release, stop violence, torture and gross violations of human rights, and form an independent commission to investigate the murders committed after the coup.

The Executive Office deeply regrets that our country has returned to the state of international isolation that the glorious December revolution brought it out of. The deteriorating conditions of civilians in Darfur necessitated keeping Sudan under Resolution 2620.

February 20 2022

Executive Office of the Forces of Freedom and Change

Sudan: Professional Pharmacists Association-Sudan – Statement about Increase in Costs (Price Hikes) of Health Services in Sudan (20.02.2022)

Sudan: Sudanese Congress Party – Statement (19.02.2022)

The masses of the free Sudanese people,

Greetings of friendship and struggle, mercy and forgiveness for the martyrs, a speedy recovery for the injured, and good promises to the missing and to the comrades arrested and detained in the cells of the security apparatus of the coup authority.

The honorable citizens of the city of Al-Abyad:

In continuation of the series of violations carried out by armed militias against the Sudanese people throughout the country in the cities, countryside and Al-Furqan, two days ago, an armed militia consisting of 9 individuals attempted an armed robbery on Al-Quba neighborhood and after the youth of the neighborhood confronted them, they were chased and live bullets were used, which resulted in the two young men, Abd al-Rahman Awad al-Hadrabi and Jamal Musa Muhammad being directly injured by live bullets, in front of their house, which resulted in fractures in (leg and knee) for the first, and he was taken to Al-Daman Hospital and from there to Khartoum, and a double fracture of the second in (the forearm) and he underwent an operation in Al-Daman Hospital, and these events were followed by a protest stand for the citizens in front of Al-Daman Hospital, demanding security.

We in the Sudanese Congress Party – Al-Obeid Branch hold the regular agencies and the state security committee fully responsible for this blatant assault on the lives of defenseless citizens by armed looting gangs and intimidating them. Putting radical solutions to the excessive security liquidity and armament inside the cities. This dangerous phenomenon has been resolved, and we wish a speedy recovery to the wounded and the wounded of the glorious December Revolution, and the shame and disgrace to the mercenaries.

We affirm our position rejecting such practices and violations that threaten the lives and security of citizens, and we will continue to express them forcefully and sternly and through various means. We also trust the will of the sons and daughters of the country to overthrow the fateful coup of October 25, and we will work with all the free and honorable people in order to restore the civil democratic transformation and the real change that meets the aspirations and dreams of the Sudanese people for a safe and dignified life and building a state of freedom, peace, justice, citizenship, law, and a homeland that embraces everyone.

And our pledge with the martyrs is to continue what they started and follow the path, and whoever walked on the path arrived.

The Sudanese revolution lived with a poisoned dagger in the necks of the coup d’état, the extinguishers, and the forces of the counter-revolution.

February 19, 2022 AD

Sudan: Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) – Executive Office – Press Statement (18.02.2022)

The Forces of Freedom and Change Leadership meets Volcker and discusses the issues of detainees and the inadequacy of the climate for any upcoming consultations.

The Forces of Freedom and Change met with the head of the UNITAMS delegation, Mr. Volker Peters, at the conclusion of the first round of consultations of the mission’s initiative regarding the restoration of the democratic path and civilian rule, and condemned and denounced the increasing campaign of arrests carried out by the coup authority against those involved in the peaceful movement activities of the resistance committees, professionals, political forces and all forces the revolution, and some of them were subjected to human rights violations and did not submit to fair legal and human rights procedures, such as Tupac and his companions and Dr. Muhannad Muhammad Hamid (Yao Yao) and the leaders of FFC, Mr. Khaled Omar Youssef and a. Wagdy Saleh and A. Muhammad al-Faki Suleiman, and the development of the repressive method during arrests using live bullets, chasing revolutionaries in internal streets, storming homes and terrorizing their residents, as happened last night for some members of the Bahri Resistance Committees. Detainees in the prisons of the coup regime, preventing them from communicating with their families and lawyers, not providing medicines and providing treatment to detainees with chronic, diseases, in addition to some news circulated about some detainees being subjected to torture, in addition to the continuation of the coup violence machine that leads to bloodshed and loss of life in Confronting peaceful processions.

The FFC reiterated their declared position that ending the revolutionary situation and agreeing on constitutional arrangements leading to the formation of a fully civilian transitional authority must be the main objective of the political process, that the United Nations mission intends to initiate. The mass movement with bloody repression, arrests, prosecutions, and other violations, suppression of freedom of expression, threatening newspapers to close down and persecution of honorable journalists, all of these practices confirm that the coup authority is continuing its authoritarian approach and does not want any political process to end the coup and restore legitimacy. Unless these brutal, repressive practices that violate the liberties and rights of citizens end, the coup regime condemns this process to death. And that is the realistic and objective testimony expected from the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as he invokes the values and principles of the United Nations organization and the mandate, assigned to him under Security Council Resolution 2524 the Forces of Freedom and Change call on all the forces of the revolution to prioritize the issues of arrest, arbitrary detention, and the failure to present detainees to fair trials, in addition to the poor health and living conditions inside the prisons of the putschists.

Friday February 18, 2022