SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: New York Times - Amid Euphoria in Sudan, a Delicate Dance Over Who Will Lead: Soldiers or Civilians?

16/4/19: New York Times – Amid Euphoria in Sudan, a Delicate Dance Over Who Will Lead: Soldiers or Civilians?, by Declan Walsh and Joseph Goldstein

 Declan Walsh and Joseph Goldstein examine Sudan’s future leadership prospects, noting that Sudanese protesters fear that “the generals will cheat them of their victory by thwarting a promised return to civilian rule.”

 Walsh and Goldstein compare worries that Sudan might be “condemned to the fate of Libya,” where Gadaffi’s fall triggered a “chaotic spiral from which it is yet to recover,” to South Africa – where the apartheid regime ended through peaceful negotiations.

 The article notes that civilians want a longer transitional period civilian governance in order to develop Sudan’s democratic culture, and avert the threat of pre-mature elections undermining democracy as in Egypt and Libya.

 The article concludes with the Sudan expert at the Rift Valley Institute, Majdi Al Gizouli, saying that Sudanese protesters need a unified strategy before the military outmaneuvers them.