How Sudan Is Moving on After Brutal Leader’s Ouster
Published on: Friday 05 July 2019
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir brutally crushed dissent during the three decades he ruled the North African nation. But his overthrow in April didn’t usher in peace. Instead, the military council that replaced him was accused of some of the worst-ever violence in the capital, Khartoum. A crackdown in early June left more than 100 protesters dead after talks between the military and opposition on forming a civilian government stalled. Then, in early July, the two sides struck a power-sharing de