12/5/2022: Africa Confidential – Sudan: Burhan lets the Islamists back in

After military leader Abdulfattah al-Burhan proved to be unable to woo the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) or build a front of non-Communist resistance committees, his failure to appoint a civilian prime minister or build a civilian base, has forced the Sudanese coup regime to “fall back on Islamists of all stripes” to shore up the regime, Africa Confidential report.

Islamists are using the justice system to get back their assets and intimidate the Tamkeen Committee that aimed to confiscate them, alongside reinstating 102 diplomats, including 48 ambassadors, 35 junior diplomats, and 19 administrative staff, who were National Congress Party.

Egypt is said to be “sympathetic” to the rehabilitation of Islamist bureaucrats provided the military is in charge, but the UAE are not supportive, with their ruler unconvinced that Islamists would limit themselves to civic duties. In addition, the

Emiratis and Saudis disapprove of the prospect of a Russian naval base at Port Sudan, just across the narrow Red Sea from Saudi Arabia.