Sudanese leaders have postponed the signing of a final agreement to re-establish a civilian government yet again, as divisions within military groups deepen.
Negotiations resumed overnight, with the focus on a draft agreement to be signed on Thursday.
Sudan has been in political turmoil since October 2021, when the army deposed a civilian administration that had deposed long-serving President Omar al Bashir in 2019.
Over the last year and a half, hundreds of people have been killed and many more have been injured in violent public protests.
Last December, the military agreed on a strategy for transitioning authority to civilians.
However, the talks have stalled due to disagreements over the unification of the national army and the feared paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, headed by Sudan’s ruling council deputy head Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
The talks’ spokesman, on the other hand, stated that they were still determined to achieve an agreement with the military.
The groups hope that a final peace agreement will release millions of funds frozen by the European Union and the United States, thereby assisting the country’s struggling economy.
