Dickens & Madson Inc, signed a contract with the military regime in Sudan promising to enhance the TMC’s authority and arrange the flow of foreign grants. However, the activities of the Canadian firm have thus far yielded no result.

“WE SHALL USE OUR BEST EFFORTS TO ENSURE FAVOURABLE INTERNATIONAL AS WELL AS SUDANESE MEDIA COVERAGE FOR YOU,” THE LOBBYING CONTRACT READ.

The contract also provided for the procurement of equipment for the country’s armed forces, search for oil investors, as well as an opportunity to arrange a meeting with US President Donald Trump, and the improvement of relations with Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Dickens & Madson is headed by Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli intelligence officer whose firm has previously served as a paid lobbyist for ousted Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe and powerful Libyan militia commander Khalifa Haftar.

The TMC managed to strike a deal with the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) to establish a transitional council, in which military leaders and civilians rotate, charged with appointing a civilian government. The degree of tension has been reduced in Sudan. The military leaders are now trying to get back the money they wasted.