SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: International Crisis Group – Reversing Sudan’s Dangerous Coup A

26/10/2021: International Crisis Group –  Reversing Sudan’s Dangerous Coup

Led by the African Union (AU), the International Crisis Group (ICG) call for the international community to “pull out all the stops” to reverse the military coup.

The proposed AU-led mediation includes: imposing travel bans and asset seizures on coup leaders, brokering fresh dialogue between the military and civilian government leaders, demanding the immediate reinstatement of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the transitional charter, and conditioning discussions about military concessions on asset seizures and justice upon the reinstatement of civilian authorities and release of political prisoners.

The ICG also call for the US and EU to use the considerable leverage they have with Gulf capitals and Egypt to convince them to push the Sudanese military to change course, as the Arab states “stand to gain nothing from the instability in Sudan that appears likely to follow the military takeover, particularly if the military attempts to strong-arm protesters into silence.”