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4 days ago · Global development. Explainer. What caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises? Fighting broke out a year ago in the capital Khartoum, in...
Sudan’s 2019 Revolution: The Power of Civil Resistance. Purchase a Copy. This report reviews the chronology of the resistance struggle in Sudan, the critical role of nonviolent discipline, other factors contributing to the movement’s success, and the current political situation.
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- What Is Going on in Sudan?
- Who Are The Two Men at The Center of The Dispute?
- So This Is About Power Rather Than Ideology?
- How Does The Violence Fit Sudan’s Troubled Past?
- Is There A Danger The Violence Will Escalate?
It all revolves around infighting between two rival groups: the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group known as the RSF, or Rapid Support Forces. Since a coup in the country in 2021, which ended a transitional government put in place after the fall of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashirtwo years earlier, Sudan has been run by the army, with coup leade...
Dagalo rose to power within the RSF beginning in the early 2000s when he was at the head of the militia known as Janjaweed– a group responsible for human right atrocities in the Darfur region. While then-Sudanese President Bashir was the face of the violence against people in Darfur – and was later indicted on crimes against humanity by the Interna...
In my opinion, very much so. We are not talking about two men, or factions, with ideological differences over the future direction of the country. This cannot be framed as a left-wing versus right-wing thing, or about warring political parties. Nor is this a geo-religious conflict – pitting a majority Muslim North against a Christian South. And it ...
One thing that is concerning about the longer dynamics at play in Sudan is the violence now forms part of a history that fits the trope of the “failed African nation.” Sudan has, to my knowledge, had more coups than any other African nation. Since gaining independence from the U.K. in 1956, there have been coupsin 1958, 1969, 1985, 1989, 2019 and 2...
A coalition of civilian groups in the country has called for an immediate halt to the violence – as has the U.S. and other international observers. But with both factions dug in, that seems unlikely. Similarly, the prospect of free and fair elections in Sudan seems some ways off. There doesn’t appears to be an easy route to a short-term solution, a...
Mar 24, 2020 · Conditions in Sudan were not auspicious for a successful pro-democracy civil resistance movement. The regime was oppressive, entrenched, and had been successful in its divide and rule tactics...
- Stephen Zunes
Sudan did not fit into what some Western analysts would see as the conditions neces-sary for a successful pro-democracy civil resistance movement . The regime, consisting of a coalition of ultra-conservative Islamists and right-wing military officers under the leadership of General Omar al-Bashir, had been in power for nearly thirty years .
4 days ago · A year later, every segment of Sudan’s population, from pastoralists in rural areas to the country’s once thriving urban middle-class have been impacted. This is Amel’s reflection on how the ...
5 days ago · April 15, 2024. The forces of two rival generals have laid waste to Sudan for a year now, unleashing a wave of violence that has driven 8.6 million people from their homes — now one of the...
