SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: AP – Sudanese face daunting challenges on path to democracy

27/8/19: AP – Sudanese face daunting challenges on path to democracy, by Samy Magdy

 Samy Magdy highlights the economic, diplomatic and security challenges facing Sudan’s democratic transition.

 Should economic rebuilding efforts hinge upon international lenders demanding greater transparency, conflict between between the civilian leadership and Sudanese security forces, “[who] have profited off chaos,” may arise.

 Rampant corruption and instability puts off international investors in Sudan, with the Rapid Support Forces militia a “special concern.” Cutting military spending would be “quite challenging” due to security agencies’ “addiction to massive theft and massive rights violations in the protection of their privileges,” said Suliman Baldo, a senior researcher with the Enough Project.

 Although Sudanese rebels accept that this is their best opportunity for peace deals, it may prove elusive due to the Sudan Revolutionary Front’s rejection of the power-sharing deal.

 Rasha Awad, editor of the online Sudanese newspaper Altaghyeer noted that the military may protect their interests by preventing transitional justice for dead protesters.