'The Sudanese, or at least the dominant ethnic groups there, still see the country as part of the Arab world — and, in that context, what is happening in ...
'The Sudanese, or at least the dominant ethnic groups there, still see the country as part of the Arab world — and, in that context, what is happening in Sudan is not at all surprising'FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises over the city as army and paramilitaries clash in power struggle, in Khartoum, Sudan, April 15, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media.
Bashir overthrew the elected government in 1989 for negotiating with separatist rebels in the south, but he ended up having to let South Sudan go himself. The revolution that overthrew him in 2019 was a spontaneous popular uprising driven by idealistic students and the exhausted commercial and professional classes of Khartoum. The military dumped Bashir and jailed him for corruption, but they also forced the rebels to join a Transitional Military Council with them.
The commander of the RSF, ‘General’ Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemeti, was already a power in the land second only to Burhan. The RSF is essentially Hemeti’s own private army and killing a few hundred people on the streets of Khartoum was no big deal to a man who slaughtered tens of thousands in Darfur, so he was happy to help.
The fighting is happening all over the country because both the army and the RSF are everywhere. At the time of writing, it’s hard to tell which side will win, but it’s also hard to care. Both men have a lot of Sudanese blood on their hands and neither has the skill to run even a dictatorship efficiently.
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