Sudan: SAF's Burhan freezes bank accounts of Hemeti's RSF group and sacks central bank governor

Report from Middle East Eye

By MEE staff

Dated Sunday 14 May 2023 20:56 BST - excerpts:

Sudan crisis: Burhan freezes bank accounts of Hemeti's RSF group

As peace talks falter, General Abdel Fattah Burhan issues decision to freeze bank accounts of Hemeti's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary and its affiliated companies

Sudan's military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan issued a decision to freeze the bank accounts of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group and its affiliated companies, his office said in a statement on Sunday. […]

 

Meanwhile, General Burhan also sacked central bank governor Hussain Yahia Jankol.

Borai El Siddiq, who is one of Jankol's deputies, has replaced the outgoing governor, Burhan's office said in a statement on Sunday.

The reason for Jankol's sacking was not immediately clear. 

Brokering a ceasefire

Earlier this week, a “declaration of commitment” was signed in Jeddah by Sudan's warring factions, following nearly a week of talks mediated by hosts Saudi Arabia and the United States. 

The declaration, however, was not a ceasefire and the RSF resumed attacks on Khartoum days later, with air strikes and artillery rounds pummelling the capital.

Talks are due to resume in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, with Saudi Arabia and the US working towards brokering a permanent ceasefire, as none of the six humanitarian ceasefires announced by the two mediators during the course of the conflict have held so far. […]

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