SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Radio Dabanga - ‘Sudan coup result of warped incentive structures that trace back to the Al Bashir era’
Radio Dabanga report that The Sentry attribute the coup to security services “preserving the violent kleptocratic… [as state control provides] continued opportunities to accrue wealth [and protection] from accountability”, and call for the international community to confront Sudan’s security services’ warped incentive structures.
The Sentry propose the international community financially pressures the military wealth by: imposing targeted network sanctions of coup plotters, targeting the networks of companies controlled by Sudanese military and security agencies, with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issuing an advisory on the money laundering risks associated with the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and foreign companies, including banks, assessing their commercial ties to Sudan to ensure they are not inadvertently funding Sudan’s security services.
The Sentry add that while “some concessions may be inevitable…[security services’] free rein over lucrative economic sectors and amnesty…should be off the table.”