The 2019 revolution that led to the removal from power of Omar al-Bashir did not end military influence in politics in Sudan. This article published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is by Magdi Abdelhadi. Here is an excerpt:
With so many groups wanting a voice in the country’s future, the search for consensus is again proving dangerously elusive.
Bashir was toppled by the military – but only after weeks of mass protests. Back then, a loose coalition of groups – the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) – came to represent the protesters, united by one goal: “Yasgut Bass”.
This is the Sudanese version of the Arab Spring slogan: “The people want the downfall of the regime.” Crucially, the word “bass”, Arabic for “only”, underlined the limits of their consensus – they only wanted to bring down the regime led by Bashir for nearly three decades.
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