SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: New York Times - My Father Died Before He Could See al-Bashir Fall

12/4/19: New York Times – My Father Died Before He Could See al-Bashir Fall, by Jamal Mahjoub

Jamal Mahjoub, the author of “A Line In the River: Khartoum, City of Memory”, calls for a transformed Sudanese political spectrum that represents its diversity and potential, arguing that the success of the revolution hinges on sweeping away the stagnation that has dominated Sudanese politics for decades, and “turned indifference into an ideology.”

 Mahjoub cites the lack of economic and agricultural strategies, decaying public services, that 70% of the budget went to the military, and Al Bashir’s inner-circle enriching themselves, to argue that “nothing of substance was achieved” during Sudan’s oil boom.

  Nonetheless, Mahjoub argues that Al Bashir’s fall provides Sudan with a chance to “redeem and restore.”