Security Sector Reform SSR: an Approach for Sustainable Peace and Restore Security in Transitional-Democratizing Sudan

Abstract

The center of this paper is to tackle the challenges of Security Sector Reform SSR in transitional Sudan, followed a thriving popular uprising evicted authoritarian –corrupted regime of the National Congress Party NCP had often led by former president Omer Al-Bāshir in April 2019. In fact, supremacy of military on Sudan’s politics, expansion of array paramilitaries, militias, pro-regime ethnic groups, sever corruption and ambiguous peace, allthese complicating restore security, defect democratization and SSR agenda in the country. Therefore, this paper argues that political –structural reform, end corruption and revive economy’s processes and objects will probably lessen these formidable difficulties. The main objectives of this paper are to clarify how development of array paramilitaries along the country, economic deterioration continue impeding SSR agenda and democratization in Sudan; demonstrate the role of formulation of new national andforeign policies objectives in supporting application of SSR program, and illustrate how political –structural reform bases on civilian-democratized form will downsize domination of military in security sector and politics of Sudan. Uses analytical-inductive technique of Sudan politics, security sector challenges and democratic reform process, the paper shows that in transition Sudan, SSR, is a complicated process, combines purely political reform, targeting governance; civil societies and institutions reforms. Efforts should be exerted by international actors in supporting transitional government likely facilitate addressing issues of ending peace and economic recovery; could robust a path forward to democracy, stability and security. This paper shall probably be able to close the visible academic gap, by expanding debate and deepening understanding on governance, institutions reforms and functioning of SSR agenda in transition, democratizing Sudan.