SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Wall Street Journal - Military Coups in Africa at Highest Level Since End of Colonialism
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report that, the day before the coup, army commander-in-chief Abdulfattah al-Burhan flew to Egypt to gain support from president Abdulfattah al-Sisi, according to three people familiar with the meeting.
WSJ add that, before the coup, Egypt’s intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel, met al-Burhan, but shunned deposed civilian prime minister Abdallah Hamdok. The Egyptians are “unhappy” with Hamdok over his public openness to an Ethiopian dam that al-Sisi’s government “says threatens to choke off the waters that run into the Nile”, alongside his reluctance to deepen ties with Israel. A Sudanese government adviser said Kamel told al-Burhan that “Hamdok has to go”
Furthermore, the WSJ add, diplomats and analysts attribute the surge in African coups to international powers’ willingness to deal with authoritarian regimes, with the root causes for African coups remaining: struggling economies weakened by poor and corrupt governance and persistent security challenges.