SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Independent -Sudan’s transition at crossroads as the two ruling partners lock horns for political gains

19/10/2021: Independent -Sudan’s transition at crossroads as the two ruling partners lock horns for political gains, by Ahmed Aboudouh

Ahmed Aboudouh’s feature piece on the crisis facing Sudan’s democratic transition provides quotes from political experts.

The International Crisis Group’s Jonas Horner said the military worries about democratic transition as it may be subject to justice for abuses committed, and may lose their dominant and privileged place in the Sudanese economy,”

Yezid Sayigh of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said: the military shifted to more assertive approach to dealing with civilian political parties after the latter proved disunited, although civilians’ “only possible hope” is “an unambiguous public stance from the US warning against any form of a military takeover and hinting at the possibility of Sudan losing access to the IMF and World Bank etc., could have a huge effect on the Sudanese military’s behaviour”.

For the civilian bloc, mobilisation of the street remains the best hope for resisting pressure for a greater military role, Horner said.