SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Guardian - Fall of Bashir risks leaving Sudan prey to rival regional powers

27/4/19: Guardian – Fall of Bashir risks leaving Sudan prey to rival regional powers, by Zeinab Mohammed Salih and Peter Beaumont

 Peter Beaumont and Zeinab Mohammed Salih argue that Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt are competing with Iran, Turkey and Qatar to exploit Sudan’s political turmoil.

 Beaumont and Salih highlight Saudi-Emirati interests in seeking Sudan's support in Yemen and against the Muslim Brotherhood, and suspicions that Egyptian president Abdelfattah Al Sisi wants the continued influence of the military in Sudan, as in his own country.

 Beaumont and Salih spoke to Mohammed Salah, a young organiser of the recent demonstration outside the Egyptian embassy in Khartoum, who said that the military is split between a Qatar-Turkey camp and a Saudi-UAE camp. The latter is "more powerful," and receives political support from Egypt.

 The article concludes with Mohammed Al Gizouli, the leader of an Islamist political party, saying "we welcome any country if it wants to support economically, but not politically.”