SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Wall Street Journal - As Sudan Grapples With a Post-Bashir Future, Regional Powers Circle

27/4/19: Wall Street Journal – As Sudan Grapples With a Post-Bashir Future, Regional Powers Circle, by Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Summer Said

 Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Summer Said argue that Saudi and Emirati backroom dealings with Sudan’s generals may determine the next phase for Sudan, rather than the protests.

 Elizabeth Dickinson, an expert at the International Crisis Group, is quoted emphasising Sudan’s strategic importance to the Gulf, citing Saudi-Emirati priorities such as: containing Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, Yemen, food security and the Red Sea.

 However, Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, former chairman of the Arab Council for Social Science, said that Saudi Arabia and the UAE “favour stability more than anything," adding that "they will do everything possible not to have Sudan go through an experience like Libya, Syria.”

 The article concludes with Sudanese street protester Mohammed Al Noor saying “we would rather go hungry than take [Saudi-Emirati] money...we want to be in charge of our own destiny.”