SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: New York Times - In Sudan, Omar al-Bashir Is Out and the Army Takes Over

11/4/19: New York Times – In Sudan, Omar al-Bashir Is Out and the Army Takes Over, by Alex De Waal

Sudan expert Alex de Waal calls for the US and African leaders to support Sudan’s democratic transition, arguing that “Sudan will remain at the precipice of bloodshed and turmoil,” without serious progress towards democracy and conflict resolution in Darfur and the Nuba Mountains.

De Waal attributes combined African and American mediation to ending the war with South Sudan, and goes on to highlight Egypt and Ethiopia’s “deep” interests in Sudan’s stability, and that the African Union envoy for Sudan, former South Africa president Thabo Mbeki, is “a veteran of the negotiated transition to democracy.”

De Waal also emphasises the US consensus on its Sudan policy, citing the Trump administration's lifting of sanctions from Sudan as "one of the rare continuities" from the Obama administration, before concluding that the American-African coalition must fill Sudan’s “dangerous vacuum.”