SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: African Arguments – “This Is Not a Coup”: Inside Sudan’s Mediation
African Arguments’ anonymous author calls for one trusted mediator for the Sudanese political process, arguing that current mediation process is likely to disrupt rather than solve.
Firstly, the author suggests that the proliferation of “self-interested parties rushing in” to mediate a civilian-military agreement “causes confusion” for both parties, thereby wasting time and reducing the likelihood potential agreement.
Secondly, the amount of rushing mediators may culminate in a “flawed agreement” that “papers over the same unresolved issues: power-sharing, justice and corruption”.
Finally, the backing given to military leader Abdulfattah al-Burhan in the state medias of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Russia suggest that “western diplomacy to undermine al-Burhan’s support [among his international backers] has not worked.”