SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Bloomberg - Mike Pompeo is Needed in Sudan

29/5/19: Bloomberg – Mike Pompeo is Needed in Sudan, by Eli Lake

 Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake calls for US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Sudan, in order to halt the momentum of Sudan’s counterrevolution, and help show that nonviolent democratic change is possible in the Muslim world.

 Lake calls for Pompeo to publically meet with leaders of the Sudanese Professionals Association and the Declaration of Freedom and Change, to “counter the pseudo-legitimacy conferred” by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE, who hosted TMC leaders over the past week.

 In addition, Lake recommends that Pompeo send a message to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egyptto refrain from “thwarting” Sudan’s democratic transition.

 Lake also calls for Pompeo to condition Sudan’s removal from the state sponsor of terrorism list on the formation of a civilian-led transitional government, concluding that Pompeo can help ensure that Sudanese people’s “gains are lasting.”