SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Guardian - Sudan ‘on path to democracy’ as ex-ruling party is dissolved
The Guardian report that Sudanese activists have welcomed a decision by Sudan’s transitional government to dissolve the former ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and repeal a series of laws used to regulate women’s behaviour under the former president Omar al-Bashir.
However, Nic Cheeseman, an expert in African politics at Birmingham University, asked: “As ever the question in Sudan is: is this going to be superficial and cosmetic or can the core of the regime remain?”
Cheeseman went on to highlight the danger that the dissolution of the NCP could simply be a “savvy move” allowing the party to be “rebadged as something new and shiny”.