Escalating Tensions within Sudan’s Military Government
By Joseph Siegle with Voice of America
February 25, 2023
Sudan’s Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (2nd-L) and paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (L) attend the signing ceremony of an initial deal (December 2022) with civilian leaders aimed at ending a deep crisis caused by 2021’s military coup. (Photo: Ashraf Shazly / AFP)
A split within the leadership of Sudan’s military government highlights growing fissures over the military coup, reintroduction of Islamists into senior government positions, and the rebuilding of the political bloc of former dictator Omar al-Bashir.