Sudan civil society backs Banjul Declaration while rebel alliance announces leadership overhaul

Sudanese civil society organisations, human‑rights groups and victims’ associations issued a joint statement welcoming the Banjul Joint Declaration on Sudan. The declaration, adopted by the African Commission’s Joint Fact‑Finding Mission and the UN Independent International Fact‑Finding Mission, calls for immediate civilian protection, unimpeded humanitarian access, prevention of atrocity crimes and cooperation between African and UN accountability mechanisms. Signatories urged all conflict parties to cease attacks on civilians and pressed the African Union, United Nations and other actors to implement the declaration’s recommendations.

At the same time, the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS) announced a sweeping restructuring of its leadership bodies. The alliance created specialised committees – covering political communication, strategic studies, humanitarian affairs, social affairs, media, legal and human‑rights issues, and women and children – and appointed new heads, including Khalil Abd Allah Adam (Political Communication) and Prof. Dr. Saif Al‑Din Abdelrahman Mohamed (Strategic Studies). The restructuring aims to strengthen the alliance’s capacity to respond to Sudan’s political, security and humanitarian crises and to advance its vision of a secular, democratic, decentralized Sudan.