The Civilian Front for Ending the War and Restoring Democracy
The Foundational Statement
27 April 2023
We, the undersigned:
Resistance Committees
Civil Society Organizations
Political Parties
Armed Movement
Democratically elected Trade Unions
Demands and Professional Associations
Preparatory and Steering Committees of Trade Unions
Public academic, cultural, media religious and community figures
Being keen to bring about lasting peace for the people of Sudan and safeguard the country’s
unity, sovereignty, and stability; and
Being aware that the ultimate goal of this ongoing war is to militarize life in the country and
uproot the very foundations of civil life and the democratic rule laid down by the December
Revolution, which peacefully managed to thwart the despotism of the Islamists and the
defunct National Congress Party (NCP); and
In light of the new reality brought about by the war which erupted on 15 April and its
aftermath, we have decided to join forces under the banner of “The Civilian Front for Ending
the War and Restoring Democracy”, to achieve the following goals:
First: Stop the war immediately, and provide urgent humanitarian, medical, and public service
needs to citizens in the affected areas;
Second: Put the country back on the course of transition to democracy and civil rule;
Third: Ensure full exit of the military from political and economic spheres;
Fourth: Implement a comprehensive reform of the security and military institutions, and
create one professional army, through peaceful steps and under the umbrella of a national
civilian transitional democratic process;
Fifth: Foil the defunct regime’s plans to return to power, and its current attempts to revenge
from December revolution, and to militarize life under the camouflage of war and the actions
of the ill-sighted Islamist coup;
Sixth: Challenge the calls for alignment based on ethnic, tribal, regional and religious grounds;
resist propaganda, terrorist campaigns and hate speech; and promote the values of
citizenship and peaceful coexistence;
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Seventh: Reject all forms of external intervention in our local affairs, except international
efforts to stop the war, provide humanitarian aid, and reach a comprehensive and just peace;
Eighth: To achieve the aforementioned goals, we, the Civilian Front for Ending the War and
Restoring Democracy, will deploy all our resources and capabilities, leveraging our extended
experience in combatting all forms of tyranny and totalitarianism.
Ninth: We have agreed to orchestrate our joint action through representatives of the signing
parties and to develop effective coordination mechanisms to accelerate nationwide action.
Our priority areas will be communication and humanitarian work, and reaching out to the
local and international public opinion, and broadening the base of participation by inviting
more national figures and elements with the exception of Islamist Movement and the
disbanded National Congress Party and their allies, ultimately paving the way for unification
of the forces of the Revolution.
Finally, we reiterate our commitment to stand united under the banner of our Civil Front,
faithful to the cause of ending war and restoring democracy. Our doors will be open to all
democratic forces, and together we will stand strongly against attempts to thwart the
December Revolution, against the war and militarization of life, and in favour of bringing the
democratic transition back on course, establishing a civilian democratic rule and translating
the slogan of the glorious December revolution: freedom, peace, and justice.
We have no doubt that our people will ultimately triumph over tyrants.
The Civilian Front for Ending the War and Restoring Democracy.
April 27 2023
Signatories:
Resistance Committees:
-Coaliation of Al-Hajj Yousef Neighbourhood Committees
-Al-Dali and Al-Mazmoum Resistance Committees – Sinnar State
-Abu Hajjar Resistance Committees
-Al-Duwaim Resistance Committees
-Resistance Committees from the Bahri Industrial Area
-The Coordination Committee for Resistance Committees in East Nile
-The Coordination Committee for Resistance Committees in the White Nile
-Resistance Committees of Bahri
-The Resistance Committees in Al-Hashaba – White Nile
Political Factions and Components:
-The Forces for Freedom and Change
-The Arab Baath and Socialist Party- Original
-The Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid El-Nur
-The Democratic Unionist Party
-The Civilian Coalition of Forces from the Nuba Mountains
-The Coalition of Civilian and Political Forces in East Sudan
-The Sudanese Liberal Party
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-The Republican Party
-The Popular Front for Liberation and Justice
-The Nasserite United Front- Leadership Council
-Beja Council Parties and Movements
-The Opposition Beja Council
Unions and Professional Bodies:
-The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate
-The Information Technology and Communications Syndicate – Khartoum Branch
-The Association of Syndicates for the Two Nile University Professors
-The Association for Sudan’s Science and Technology University Professors
-The Sudanese Professionals Association
-The Association for Professors from Al-Jazira University
-The Association of Engineers from Khartoum University
-The Association of Engineers from Sudan University
-The Association of Workers in the Oil Sector
-The Council of Graduates from Khartoum University
-The Cooperation of Sudanese Unions
-The Professional Association of The University of Imam El-Mahdi Professors
-The Alliance of Democratic Lawyers
-The Association of Administrative Officers
-The Association of Bankers
-The Sudanese Teachers Committee
-The Emergency Lawyers
-The Democratic Association for University Professors and Sudanese Higher
Institutions
-The Coordination Body for Engineering Sectors
-Sudanese Artisans Association
-The Taxes/Accountants’ Committee
-The Democratic Association for Artisans
-The Democratic Association for Medical Labs
-The Preparatory Committee for Private Sector Teachers
- The Association of Democratic Teachers
-The Association of Democratic Engineers
-The Association of Democratic Lawyers
-The Preparatory Committee for the Syndicate of Freelance Craft Workers-Khartoum
-The Association of Revolutionary Professors from Kordofan University
Civilian Demands’ Bodies:
-The Mechanism to Unite Revolutionary Forces
-The Coalition of “Return is Impossible”.
-The Coalition of Student Movements
-The Front for Students Struggle
-The Coalition for Unifying the Revolutionary Forces in the White Nile
-The Association for Families of the 2018 December Revolution Martyrs
-The Civilian Association
-Civilian Laboratories
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- Sudanese Writers Union
-Initiators for the of East Sudan
-The Collective Nubians Society
-The Confederation of Civil Society Organizations
-The Bahri Youth Initiative
-The Supreme Authority for Sufism
-The Sudanese House Forum
-The Union of Liberal Youth
-The April 6 Association for Strategic Studies
-The Eastern Culture Center
-The Sudanese Group for Human Rights
- The Grifna “We are Disgusted” Movement
-The Sudanese Progressive Movement
-The National Association for Persons with Disabilities
Women’s Organizations:
-Women’s Political and Civil Groups (Mansum)
- Al-Harasat- The Guardians
- The Kandakat Coalition Um Durman
-The Kandakat Coalition East Nile
-The Kandakat Coalition Bahri
-The Kandakat Coalition Khartoum
-The Northern Kanakat Gathering
-The Democratic Women’s Union
-The Forum for Women in the Forces for Freedom and Change
-Sudanese Women Against the War
-The Center for Lawyers for Change
-The Campaign of Women Against the War
-The Women’s Alliance
Individuals and Prominent Personalities
Novelist Mohammad Badawi
Professor Ahmed Al-Safi
Journalist Mohammad Atiq
Dr. Bakri Al-Jak
Dr. Afaf Mustafa
Dr. Sinaa Zaki Abu Samra
Dr. Hashem Mukhtar
Sarah Ahmed
Dr. Mahmoud Taj Al-Deen
Artist Tayyib Daw Al-Bayt
Abdal Baqi Mukhtar
Walid Hamid Mohammad
Izza Al-Rasheed
Artist Adel Muslim
Artist Abu Baker Sayyid Ahmed
Artist Mustapha Al-Sunni
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17. Ambassador Abdallah Baasher
18. Dr. Al-Tijani Abu Qsaisa
19. Dr. Al-Taher Othman Madawi
20. Qassem Mohammad Mahmoud
21. Ambassador Awad Mohammad Al-Hassan
22. Ambassador Ibrahim Abdel Moneim
23. Ambassador Adel Hussein Sharfy
24. Engineer Adel Ali Ahmed
25. Mahdi Dawoud Al-Khalifa
26. El-Hadi Nogud Allah
27. Engineer Qamar Al-Dawla Abdel Qader
28. Engineer Mohammad Al-Hassan Abdel Rahman
29. Professor Adel Majzoun Hassab
30. Engineer Ahemd Salah Nouh
31. Dr. Abdel Salam Sayyed Ahmed
32. Dr. Baqer Al-Afeef
33. Ambassafor Hala Babibiker Al-Nour
34. Writer and novelist Hamour Ziyada
35. Filmmaker Hajouj Kuka
36. Journalist Rasheed Saaed Yacoub
37. Huda Shafeek
38. Lawyer Muaz Hadra
39. Dr. Ismael Wadi
40. Journalist Osman Fadl Allah
41. Dr. Adeeb Yousef
42. Rihab Hamed
43. Journalist Abdel Rahman Al-Amin
44. Journalist Shawki Abdelazim
45. Journalist Mustapha Siry
46. Journalist Faiz Al-Sheikh Al-Silk
47. Mohammad Al-Shabik
48. Journalist Jaafer Al-Sabki
49. Professor Abdel Lattif Tayfour
50. Mohammad Ahmad Mukhtar Sheikhu
51. Hunan rights activist Ghada Shawki
52. Journalist Al-Sir Al-Sayyid
53. Writer Hussam Hilali
54. Abdallah Dedan
55. Aisha Ahmed
56. Ahmed El- Mukhtar Khalifa
57. Artist Hussein Khalil Halfawi
58. Dr. Rihab Khalifa
59. Lawyer Khalil Takras
60. ArtistAl- Kheir Al-Massah
61. Musician Abdo Hamed Al-Nil
62. Article Mohammad Abdel Aziz Shabaka
63. Omar Oshari
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64. Obada Kamal Aldin
65. Ambassador Noureddine Satti
66. Journalist Mohammad Naji
67. Archbishop Ezekiel Kendo Kumir-
68. Reverend Luca Paul Kuku
69. Zahra Haider
70. Rabiha Ismael
71. Naamat Awad Al-Hajj
72. Muwahib Al-Majzoub
73. Iman Khalifa
74. Osama Nur Abd Alsayyid
75. Izzedine Haroun Harika
76. Dr. Hatem Al-Mahdi
77. Fatah Al-Rahman Al-Badawi
78. Dr. Wajdi Kamil
79. Issam Eldin Alzayn
80. Abdel Majid Mohammad Adam Azraq
81. Mohammad Khalil Hassab Allah
82. Al-Taher Bashri Ali
83. Raffit Abbas
84. Mohammad Jamal Al-Sheikh Madani
85. Madani Abbas Madani
86. Dr. Salah Al-Amin
87. Amhed Mukhtar
88. Ezzeldin Al-Omda
89. Ramah Mohammad Ateem
90. Mohammad Al-Fayyed Mansour
91. Dalia Daqna
92. Artist Ghadeer Mirghani
93. Al-Tayyeb Bashir Al-Tayyeb
94. Artist Issam Mohammad Nur
95. Human rights activist Jamal Ali Al-Toum
96. Musician Mujahid Bashir
97. Nasif Bashir
98. Dr. Salah Al-Amin
99. Abdul Moneim Abdel Wahab
Musician Abdo Hamda Al-Neel
Dr. Majida Mohammad Ahmed
Journalist Israa Zein Al-Abadeen
Journalist Salafa Abu Dhafeera
Ahmad Izzideen
Ismael Mohammad Ali
Abdallah Adam Khater
Faisal Hadhra
Muhja Ashraf
Musa Abdelgdir
Mohammad Hamdan Abdallah
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Al-Tayyeb Bashir
Journalist Aza Ayra
Hassan Albushari
Journalist Amal Awad
Ahmad Khider
Awad Al-Toum
Ammar Sulieman
Journalist Mansour Ahmed Osman
Journalist Al- Jameel Al-Fadil
Abdel Baqi Jubara
Ammar Hamouda
Engineer Ahmad Gasim Mukheir
Nidal Abdel Wahab
Numan Ghazali
Dr. Sulieman Baldo
Writer Fathi Al-Daw
Mudther Taysir
Mohammad Salah
Dr. Majdi Ishac
Dr. Fakhredeen Awad Hassan Abd Al-Aal