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Andrew Tchie, a Research Fellow for Conflict, Security and Development at Kings College London, calls for Sudan’s transitional government to focus on building state institutions that are “independent, politically impartial and able to develop policies and deliver public services.”
Tchie argues that a major threat to democracy is the absence of a single party that is capable of governing Sudan without support from Islamist groups and the security forces.
Therefore, Tchie calls for the government to address weak institutional structures and the gaps in governance that exist throughout the country – highlighting the former National Congress Party’s ongoing influence in South Darfur despite it being dismantled.
Tchie also calls for the implementation of laws to combat money laundering, addressing concerns around illicit trade and black market economies, the retrieval of billions that former regime leaders stashed offshore, and security sector reforms that would retire members of the old regime.