Sudan’s Somoud bloc boycotts Promediation-brokered Cairo talks
November 21, 2025 (CAIRO) – The Civil Democratic Alliance of the Forces of the Revolution, known as ‘Somoud’, announced on Friday that it would not participate in the meetings organized by the French facilitation group, Promediation, between Sudanese political forces in Cairo.
The Swiss city of Nyon hosted political consultations at the end of last October, which included many Sudanese forces. Following the consultations, participants announced they had reached an agreement on the necessity of stopping the war and engaging in a comprehensive political process that would pave the way for ending the conflict and establishing the foundations for democratic civilian rule.
Representatives from the Somoud alliance participated in that round, alongside organizations from the Democratic Bloc alliance supporting the army, as well as representatives of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Mini Arko Minnawi, Mubarak Ardol (Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Social Justice), and Nabil Adib, representing the civilian forces within it.
Other blocs also attended, namely the National Movement Alliance, headed by Al-Tijani Sisi, and the National Consensus Alliance.
Bakry Eljack, the spokesperson for the Somoud alliance, said in a statement on Friday that the invitation was not directed to the alliance as a whole but to some political parties within it. These parties have decided not to participate in the Cairo meeting scheduled for November 20.
He clarified that the alliance had held five informal meetings with most components of the Democratic Bloc, which led to substantive understandings, including a Declaration of Principles for Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue.
He indicated the alliance’s readiness to sit down with the Democratic Bloc, the forces allied with the Armed Forces, as well as with the political forces within ‘Tasis’, an alliance comprising the RSF group.
Eljack confirmed that the alliance seeks agreement to form a preparatory committee responsible for defining the parties to the political process, its issues, the location of the dialogue, and the roles of regional and international facilitators.
He added that the alliance does not refuse to sit with all parties, except for the National Congress Party and its Islamic Movement. This stance is part of the effort to agree on a national formula to end the war and build a consensual national project.
He added that the alliance will participate in the consultative meetings to be organized by the African Union and IGAD in the second half of December.