SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Independent - Will the West allow Sudan’s generals to drag the country towards a catastrophic civil war?
Noting that the Sudanese the “military junta insists on…shooting innocent people in the streets,” Ahmed Aboudouh, an editor at The Independent, questions whether such a situation would be tolerated in the West
Arguing that the military is turning Sudan into a “powder keg,” Aboudouh raises the possibility of a civil war worse than those in Syria, Libya and Yemen, “which puts stability in the Middle East and East Africa on the brink.”
Aboudouh also raises the possibility of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean hitting new records, and Isis possibly being rehabilitated.
Noting that “Sudan has always been left to regional powers…while the West turns a blind eye,” Aboudouh attributes Saudi, Egyptian and Emirati support for military-rule to fears that a democratic Sudan would cause regional ripple effects “which would rock the status quo.”