SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: International Crisis Group - After the Coup, Restoring Sudan’s Transition
International Crisis Group Sudan analyst Jonas Horner proposes pragmatic solutions for civilians to get Sudan’s transition back on track, noting that the military want to appoint a civilian government friendlier to their concerns, including: facing charges for crimes committed and losing control of the large parts of Sudan’s agricultural and industrial sectors that they have held for decades.
Horner suggests that “while the coup represents a perilous overreach by the generals, civilians will have to concede ground…the reality…is that [a] role for the military is inescapable”.
Horner proposes that a civilian selected government commits to “seeking consensus on contentious issues that widened the gap between the civilians and military,” with economic reform a priority issue. Horner further suggests that civilians “will also have to weigh carefully to what degree and at what pace justice should be meted out against military officers responsible for abuses”.