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Dear Supporter,

Sudan's October 25 coup has been not only destabilizing for the country's politics and economy, but it also puts a spotlight on the warped incentive structures of the military and security services. In a new briefing [ [link removed] ], The Sentry's Suliman Baldo and J.R. Mailey present a strategy for the international community to confront this incentive structure by targeting the military's wealth and impunity. Their briefing details the current power dynamics in the country and offer urgent recommendations to help counter entrenched kleptocracy, address Sudan's political crisis, and revitalize the transition to civilian rule. [ [link removed] ]

For over three decades, Sudan was ruled by its former dictator Omar al-Bashir. After his fall in 2019, the kleptocratic and repressive deep state he had constructed survived his ousting. So, despite Sudan's power-sharing agreement between the military and civilians, the deep state reared its head last week in the form of the military coup. This display was an attempt from General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, cadres of the former regime, and opportunistic allied militias and armed movements to hijack the economy for their private interests and to preserve the violent kleptocracy of the Bashir era.

Over the past week, the coup has been met with recurrent mass protests in Sudan. The security services' response to this has left 12 dead and hundreds wounded. In order to return the country to the desired path towards democratic transition, the dynamics of the corrupt security sector must first be confronted head-on. Financial pressure is essential for building the leverage needed to get the transition back on track, and all states and organizations with influence in Sudan should act now to help counter Sudan's slide back into unchecked kleptocracy. In the coming weeks and months, we will be intensifying our work with global banks and governments to shut those responsible for Sudan's crisis out of the international financial system as a means of leverage for achieving the will of the Sudanese people. [ [link removed] ]



Sincerely,

John Prendergast
Co-Founder of The Sentry







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