KHARTOUM - The October 25, 2021, military coup and the close relationships between military companies and Sudanese businessmen are the root causes of Sudan's current economic crisis, economic experts Khaled Mohamed Ahmed and Abdelrahman Eisa explained in an interview with Radio Dabanga on Wednesday.
In an interview with Dabanga Sudan on Wednesday, economic analyst Khaled Mohamed Ahmed talked about the economic repercussions of the military coup which led to extreme poverty for most of the Sudanese.
Ahmed said that among the main reasons behind the 2021 coup were economic factors, related to the fear of Sudanese capitalist businessmen to lose their grip on the market and the common interests between this group and military companies.
The coup blocked the way for the five packages that Abdallah Hamdok had initiated in order to lead the country to economic safety, he said. He explained that Hamdok intended to tackle, through the five packages, a set of problems that impeded the growth of the Sudanese economy, including the control of military institutions over the economy.
The military apparatus is estimated to control as much as 82 per cent of Sudan's economy according to Ahmed; money that few ordinary Sudanese will ever benefit from.
