Civilian rule, bringing transparency, as well as democracy, would threaten the financial interests of those in power
the prime minister of Sudan resigned in despair after another day of street protests against the government. Abdalla Hamdok had managed barely six weeks in office. He accepted the post reluctantly, after being released from detention and reinstated by the same army that had originally deposed him afteron October 25th.
Since independence Sudan has been governed, with only occasional breaks, by an Arab elite in Khartoum, bent on plundering the country’s considerable wealth at the expense of its people. Their rule, exercised through the army, has been cloaked in the language of Islam; it is really a kleptocracy. The consequence is a country beset by wars and conflict between the centre and the immiserated peripheries.
An added complication is Russia’s support for the generals. Wagner, a mercenary outfit acting in the interests of the Kremlin, has supplied training for militias and other goodies; Russia has also shielded Sudan at the UN, playing its usual spoiler role against the West. China’s extensive investments in Sudan have also afforded the army protection; China favours stability over good governance. The victims of decades of misrule are ordinary Sudanese.
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