SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Guardian – Seeds of Sudan coup sown after fall of Omar al-Bashir,

25/10/2021: Guardian –  Seeds of Sudan coup sown after fall of Omar al-Bashir, by Peter Beaumont

Peter Beaumont’s analysis of the military coup in Sudan suggests that the democratic transition “only papered over” Sudan’s most pressing competitions for power – between political parties, between army, militias and local rebel groups, and between those who favoured a more Islamist vision for the state.

Beaumont argues that the issue is further complicated by how various parties use the political tensions to preserve or expand their power bases, citing the rejection of proposals to integrate the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces into the army by the veteran militia leader Himedti.

Among those warning of the possibility of widening violence in the mounting crisis is Theodore Murphy, the director of the Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, who suggested the military acted for fear it was being weakened and that its move was backed by [Egypt and the UAE].