SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: The Atlantic - Protesters in Sudan and Algeria Have Learned From the Arab Spring

13/4/19: The Atlantic – Protesters in Sudan and Algeria Have Learned From the Arab Spring, by Ismail Kushkush

Ismail Kushkush examines how Sudanese and Algerian protesters have learned from the 2011 Arab Spring.

 Kushkush notes that the broader appeal of the Sudanese Professionals Association, as an unaffiliated and nonideological body, has been instrumental in mobilizing masses of people. 

 Kushkush also notes that the diverse backgrounds comprising Sudan’s protesters are a vanguard against regime attempts to use ethnicity to deflect from real problems, before highlighting Sudanese protest organisers recognition of the importance of digital security and bypassing government-imposed internet restrictions.

 Finally, Kushkush attributes the fear of an Egypt-like scenario to protesters distrust of the army, noting their emphasis on peaceful protests to avoid a repeat of Cairo’s Rabaa square massacre.