Sudan Coup: What You Need to Know About the Military Takeover

Опубликовано: 02 Июнь 2026
на канале: Carnegie Endowment
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Led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the military seized control of the government in Sudan in an apparent coup, arresting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Yezid Sayigh explains the motivations behind the military coup in Sudan, how Sudanese people have reacted, and what to expect from a military-led government.

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About Yezid Sayigh
Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces and nonstate actors, the impact of war on states and societies, and the politics of postconflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.

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