SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: The Sentry - Sudan's Push for Removal from US Terror List: Not a Panacea

29/1/2020: The Sentry - Sudan's Push for Removal from US Terror List: Not a Panacea, by Hilary Mossberg and John Prendergast

To facilitate Sudan’s economic recovery, the Sentry call for  “multiple, methodical steps” both Sudan and the US.

Disputing the notion that Sudan’s economic issues are caused by its designation as a state sponsor of terrorism (SST), the Sentry attributing Sudan’s inability to secure debt relief to its pre-existing debts to the IMF and World Bank.

Arguing that foreign investment is inhibited by corruption and deep-state’s monopoly of the banking sector, the Sudanese government is called upon to enforce anti-money laundering laws and generate transparency across the economy. The Sentry also identify the need for specific action in the gold sector, which is “riddled” with money laundering, illicit financial flows, and human rights violations.

The Sentry also call for the US, other concerned government, the African Union and the European Union to imposed targeted sanctions on the security sector to prevent it from spoiling economic and democratic reforms.