{"id":50502,"date":"2025-06-23T20:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=50502"},"modified":"2025-06-23T20:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:49:14","slug":"sudan-protests-south-african-presidents-meeting-with-samood-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/sudan-protests-south-african-presidents-meeting-with-samood-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan Protests South African President\u2019s Meeting with &#8220;Samood Alliance&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly protested the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s reception of a delegation from the Democratic Civilian Alliance for the Forces of the Revolution, known as &#8220;Samood,&#8221; led by former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry said:<br \/>\n&#8220;The Sudanese government rejects any engagement by African countries with this isolated group and the provision of platforms for them,&#8221;<br \/>\nadding that it will &#8220;reassess its relations with these countries in light of their support for national legitimacy and solidarity with the Sudanese people in their battle for dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Samood delegation met with President Ramaphosa at the presidential palace in Pretoria, urging him to support peace efforts in Sudan, according to a statement from the Alliance\u2019s media committee.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa expressed his country\u2019s concern over developments in Sudan, affirming his commitment to engaging with regional stakeholders to help end the war and contribute to reconstruction efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting also addressed the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe facing the Sudanese people as a result of the war.<\/p>\n<p>The statement noted that Sudan\u2019s Foreign Ministry is closely monitoring the movements of the so-called Samood Alliance, which it described as one of the regional political arms supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), seeking a political escape route after recent military setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry stated that this group &#8220;lacks popular support and represents no one but itself.&#8221; It also accused Samood of &#8220;creating the political atmosphere that led to the outbreak of war, by insisting on monopolizing civilian representation and managing the transitional period while excluding other forces.&#8221; The Ministry further blamed the group for &#8220;sabotaging every effort to launch a comprehensive national dialogue, both before and after the war.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly protested the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s reception of a delegation from the Democratic Civilian Alliance for the Forces of the Revolution, known as &#8220;Samood,&#8221; led by former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry said: &#8220;The Sudanese government rejects any engagement by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50504,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50502\/revisions\/50504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}