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Sudan War: Why did the transition agreement collapse in 2021?


January 14, 2025

The coup in 2021 was not against a democratic transition. No democratic transition was under way in the first place for Burhan to overthrow. Instead, Burhan’s coup was a revolt against an agreement brokered between unelected parties vying for power between themselves. It is a fall-out between political actors who collectively came together to deny democratic agency to the Sudanese people.

The coup in 2021 was not against a democratic transition. No democratic transition was under way in the first place for Burhan to overthrow. Instead, Burhan’s coup was a revolt against an agreement brokered between unelected parties vying for power between themselves. It is a fall-out between political actors who collectively came together to deny democratic agency to the Sudanese people . . .