The last month has been a single long downhill against a crash.
Street protests, both for and against the transitional government, have been carried out.
A coup attempt must have been averted a month ago.
Those who support a military takeover accuse the civilian government of the economic chaos that follows in the wake of the Corona pandemic.
Millions of people can not even afford to buy bread.
Something that may have further given the military an incentive for a coup is increased demands for a review of the military forces.
Not least the infamous Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary force accused of abusing Darfur.
Diplomatic solution increasingly remote
The coup in Sudan comes in a very tense situation in East Africa.
It's uneasy in almost all directions.
Fighting and humanitarian catastrophe are raging in neighboring Ethiopia in the Tigray region.
The two countries also have an ongoing border conflict at Tigray, al-Fashaga.
With two countries in chaos, a constructive diplomatic solution seems increasingly remote.
Egypt and Ethiopia have a serious dispute over a dam construction in the Nile.
The dam also affects Sudan as the river flows through the country on its way up to the Mediterranean.
Sudan has not had as hard a line against Ethiopia as Egypt has, but that can also change.
Somalia is part of the Horn of East Africa.
It is a long-conflict-ridden nation.
Now the country has also ended up in a quarrel with Kenya over a large area out in the sea, where large amounts of natural gas are predicted.
A conflict where the tone hardens more and more
With each new conflict, the risks of spreading in East Africa increase.
And for every democracy that falls, we are moving further and further away from the hope of a new Africa, with political solutions instead of arms crashes and military coups.
With the development of events in Sudan, the region has just taken two steps back.