SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: African Arguments – Sudan needs a lifeline now

20/11/19: African Arguments – Sudan needs a lifeline now, by Seth Appiah-Mensah

 Seth Appiah-Mensah, a former Military Advisor to the African Union Mission in Sudan, calls for the African Union to play a constructive role in shoring up Sudan’s economy.

 Appiah-Mensah suggests that the AU should continue urging the international community to lift Sudan’s sanctions, and it could “go further” in encouraging member-states and the likes of the African Development Bank to support Sudan’s economic recovery, by emphasing that “money spent now will be much less costly that potential peacekeeping efforts in the future.”

 Then, “in an expression of  true pan-Africanism,” Appiah-Mensah calls for the AU to convene a pledging conference to mobilise seed money to support Sudan’s economic recovery efforts.