One of the most glaring aspects of therevolution and ongoing attempted counterrevolution in Sudan is the absence of the United States. Though the relationship between the US and Sudan has had its mutual ups and downs, it is not as if the US has ever been persona non grata with the country in recent times. It was, after all, 16 years ago that the US eventually played a key role in mediating the end of the 21-year-long Second Sudanese Civil War. There are those who would argue that the absence of US interest in Sudan is due to domestic structural and economic issues related to its wider ‘withdra…

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