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National Consensus Forces

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National Consensus Forces
تحالف قوى الإجماع الوطني
FounderFarouk Abu Issa
FoundedApril 2010 (2010-04)
Preceded byNational Democratic Alliance
HeadquartersKhartoum
IdeologyAntimilitarism
Secularism
Factions:
Communism
Social democracy
Nasserism
Ba'athism
Neo-Ba'athism
Sudanese nationalism
Islamic democracy
Islamism
Political positionBig tent
National affiliationForces of Freedom and Change

The National Consensus Forces (NCF, Ij’maa) is a coalition of political parties in Sudan that opposed the rule of the National Congress Party, and was initially formed to stand against the NCP in the 2010 Sudanese elections.[1] Farouk Abu Issa served as chairman from 2005 until his death in 2020.[2]

It is part of the FFC (Forces for Freedom and Change), a wide coalition, which sought to overthrow Omar al-Bashir and to negotiate the democratic transition with the military after he was deposed.

In a recent statement, the coalition called for the end of bombing campaigns against civilians in the Darfur, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan states, organized by pro-government forces. They also called on the UN and the African Union to protect civilians and internally displaced persons in the area.[3]

Policies

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The Popular Congress Party, the National Umma Party, and the Sudanese Communist Party later signed the Democratic Alternative Charter (DAC) on 4 July 2012, committing themselves to overthrowing the NCP through various peaceful political and popular means and establishing a civil and democratic state.[1] The DAC was signed by 19 opposition parties.[4] The NCF later outlined their plan for a transitional government to lead Sudan in the post-NCP phase. The NCF's plan involves the establishment of a parliament, a presidential council of six members representing six regions after restructuring the current federal system and an executive government of 20 ministers.[2]

Internal division, over strategy and leadership, led to the creation in 2018 of an opposing coalition umbrella called the Sudan Call. The NCF was at first allied to the Sudan Call, but it later on accused them of aiming towards reconciliation with the government, while their ultimate goal was "regime change".[5] The NCF even purged those suspected of thinking of this "soft-landing" with the government within its own ranks. It was then reduced to the Communist Party, as well as Baathist and Nasserite elements.[5]

Member parties

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Main parties

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Members
Name Ideology Leader
Sudanese Communist Party Communism
Marxism-Leninism		 Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib
Ba'ath Party – Region of Sudan Ba'athism
Saddamism		 Ali Elraih El Sanhoory
Ba'ath Party – Organization of Sudan Neo-Ba'athism Al-Tijani Mustafa Yassin
Popular Congress Party Sudanese nationalism
Islamism		 Ibrahim El Sanousi
Sudanese Ba'ath Party Ba'athism Mohamed Ali Jadin
National Umma Party Sudanese nationalism
Islamic democracy		 Fadlallah Baramah Nasser
Nasserist Democratic Unionist Party Nasserism Gamal Abdunnasir Idris
Unified Democratic Unionist Party N/A Jala'a Ismail Al-azhari
New Forces Democratic Movement N/A Halal Abdulhaleem
Sudanese Congress Party Social democracy Khalid Omar Yousif

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sudan: Who's who in the opposition
  2. ^ a b National Consensus Forces (NCF)
  3. ^ Editor, Digital Qquality (2016-05-24). "National Consensus Force calls on govt to stop bombing civilians in Darfur". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2025-05-10. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Police and Security Forces Continue Clampdown on Protesters & Launch Mass Arrests
  5. ^ a b El-Gizouli, Magdi (2019-04-12). "The Fall of al-Bashir: Mapping Contestation Forces in Sudan". Arab Reform Initiative.
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