SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Foreign Policy - The Counterrevolution Begins in Sudan

22/5/19: Foreign Policy – The Counterrevolution Begins in Sudan, by Justin Lynch

 Justin Lynch reports on the stalemate in Sudan. Lynch highlights divides within the Declaration of Freedom and Change (DFC) regarding proposals to split power with the military. The Atlantic Council’s Cameron Hudson said that military has “learned under Bashir how to [let] the opposition weaken itself.”

 Lynch writes that recent attacks on protesters are “evidence that someone from the military wanted to undermine the negotiations.” However, there is “evidence” of a split within the military, with Lynch citing the failure to arrest former spy chief Salah Gosh as a sign that Sudan’s intelligence service “marches to its own beat.”

 Lynch draws attention to Saudi, Emirati, Egyptian and Russian support for the military junta. US relations with the civilian opposition are said to be “strained,” with four members of the DFC describing difficulties with the top US official in Sudan, Steven Koutsis.