Publisher's Synopsis
Empowerment in democracies is presumed to be for and of the people. Food security, freedom to speak and write, jobs generation, adequate health services, etc. However, under totalitarian regimes it seems to be solely directed towards selective regime's cadres, piling state resources, corruption and heavy handed rule. Sudan has endured long years of austerity and economic crisis, during short democracies and long-termed dictatorships. The discovery of oil in the country was a golden chance that was missed to substantiate social and state cohesion. The current regime has declared the principles of empowerment, but the motto was central to specific echelons. The pristine religious flag was raised, not for an application, but as a totalitarian tool. Constitutional rights, institutional structures and humanitarian basics were ignored. Transparency in resources management and public administration was totally absent. Subsequent institutional interregnum was evident and the result was unprecedented legalized corruption that engulfed the whole state and became the seed of demise. The regime seems to have lost the momentum with the undeclared negative resistance and hidden anger. The Southern region referendum result was an overwhelming ballot of selecting secession. The strong winds of civil conflict threatens the country' structure because of the collapse of its superstructure and loss of credibility and demise looms with the weak economic productive base the impacts fall on income. Authoritarianism in Sudan have resulted in collapse of visible characteristics of the state. Since the beginning of the year 2013 that was apparent to all, people, governmental institutions and the military services. Food security became an illusion and chaos controlled the country. The secession of the country's southern part was a direct result of despair of the Southern people from gaining their legal rights. The scenario is repeated in the western and eastern parts of the country. The future seems bleak and total national disintegration is eminent.
