Sudan Coup: The Regional Interference behind a Faltering Transition

Source: Arab Center Washington DC

Author(s): Khalil Al-Anani

Original Link: https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/sudan-coup-the-regional-interference-behind-a-faltering-transition/

On October 25, 2021, Sudan’s General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan staged a coup, declared a state of emergency, dissolved the power-sharing Sovereign Council, sacked the civilian government, and temporarily detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his ministerial team as well as other activists and political figures. While the international community has responded swiftly and rejected the coup and pushed for the return of the civilian government and the immediate release of the detainees, regional responses were unclear, reactionary, and in some cases supportive of the coup. This exposed the complexity of the situation in Sudan and the impact of regional dynamics on the country’s political transition.

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