SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Washington Post - Sudan ousted two autocrats in three days. Here's what's next

14/4/19: Washington Post – Sudan ousted two autocrats in three days. Here’s what’s next, by Mai Hassan and Ahmed Kodouda

Mai Hassan, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Michigan, and Ahmed Kodouda, a political science PhD student, re-cap recent events in Sudan, and its prospects for democratic transition.

 Hassan and Kodouda attribute intensified popular mobilisation against Al Bashir’s regime to economic problems caused by expensive internal wars and corruption. 

 The authors then note that the ascension of Abdul Fattah Al Burhan suggests a consolidation of power by the military faction aligned to the Saudi-Emirati Middle-East bloc. The article notes the African Union’s traditional hostility to military takeovers, although it has previously come to accept it after plotters legalise their rule via constitutional changes.

 Finally, the authors note that the Sudan Professionals Association and the Declaration of Freedom and Change coalition still demand civilian government, “[reflecting] lessons learned from Egypt’s failed popular uprising.”