SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Washington Post - For Sudan’s protesters, another threat looms: Meddling by Saudi Arabia and the UAE

24/4/19: Washington Post – For Sudan’s protesters, another threat looms: Meddling by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, by Max Bearak and Kareem Fahim

 Max Bearak and Karim Fahim highlight fears among Sudanese protesters that Saudi Arabia and UAE are using their immense wealth to suppress democracy and support a “counterrevolution,” as they have been accused of doing elsewhere in the region.

 Mohammed Yusuf Al Mustafa, the head of the Sudanese Professionals Association, said that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are "not...enemies," but are "risking the goodwill of the Sudanese people” by supporting the military council. Al Mustafa added that the Saudi-led block has shown little interest in learning about the protesters’ demands.

 Mohammed Al Yahya, a Saudi political analyst and editor-in-chief of Al-Arabiya English, said that the Saudi-Emirati interest is to prevent Sudan from becoming “fertile ground for [Iranian and Turkish] meddling."