They also believe that Burhan is not in control of events and cannot stop all the decisions they are making on his behalf (such as deferring to Malik Agar the deputy chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and three senior military leaders on the oversight of the interim cabinet) (AC Vol 64 No 11 A ceasefire with monitors this time)...
The Deputy Chair of Sudan's Sovereignty Council Malik Agar announced in mid-September that a new cabinet would be in place by early October...
The acceptance on 20 May by Malik Agar the leader of a faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in Blue Nile to become Burhan's deputy on the Council of Sovereignty should be seen as capitalising on his current status thanks to the Juba agreement...
Both factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-North) led respectively by Malik Agar and Yasser Arman signed the framework agreement on 5 December...
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An example is the initiative launched by Malik Agar, disputed leader of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N)...
These include Mubarak Ardol and Ali Askouri who were notable members of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North faction led by Malik Agar one of the signatories of the October 2020 Juba Peace Agreement between the regime and a host of rebel groups (AC Vol 63 No 5 Schisms in the junta are widening)...
◆ Mubarak Ardol: a notable member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) faction led by Malik Agar one of the signatories of the October 2020 Juba Peace Agreement...
Three key figures in the SRF – Al Hadi Idris Yahya (the group's chairman) Malik Agar and Al Tahrir Hajar – publicly condemned Burhan's take-over but have opted for realpolitik and remained on the ruling Sovereignty Council...
Notable among those groups are: the Justice and Equality Movement; the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North faction led by Malik Agar (SPLM-N Agar faction); the Sudan Liberation Movement-Transition Council; and the United Popular Front Coalition of eastern Sudanese factions...
The SPLM-North faction based in the Blue Nile led by Malik Agar and Yasir Arman want a settlement without losing face and have been optimistic about the prospects for that...
However as with the fractious Darfuri rebels and those in South Sudan large hold-out sections remain and the majority of the SPLA-N – based in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan under breakaway rebel leader Abdelaziz Adam el Hilu – have refused to engage in the political roadmap agreed by the rival faction of Malik Agar Eyre Gandof and Yassir Said Arman insisting on a return to secular rule as a precondition...
