SINCE independence in 1956 the Sudanese have lived through 35 coups, attempted coups and coup plots – more than any other African country. When the 2019 uprising against long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir created a military-civilian transitional government, the Sudanese hoped that their country would transition to democratic rule. But their hopes were dashed in October 2021 when Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a coup against his civilian counterparts in the transitional government. Author WILLOW BERRIDGE, Lecturer in History, Newcastle University In the latest round of conflict that began on 15 April 2023, civil war looms as the security actors who benefited…