Harry Cross

Reveals how international finance has kept its grip in post-independence Sudan. In 2019, a people's revolution ended the thirty-year reign of Sudan's military president Umar al-Bashir. A transitional government took power, led by esteemed international economist Abdalla Hamdok, promising a return to civilian rule. However, Sudan's new government quickly imposed a shock therapy programme of cuts, privatisations, and devaluation, following...