SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Reuters - Arab Spring comes later in Sudan and Algeria

14/4/19: Reuters – Arab Spring comes later in Sudan and Algeria, by Michael Georgy and Tarek Amara

Michael Georgy and Tarek Amara suspect that there is a likelihood that the Sudanese military council will take the same route as the Egyptian military council did.

Georgy and Amara state that while the Arab Spring in Egypt ‘’raised hopes of political and economic reform,’’ the period of revolution was characterised by the ‘’army watching from the sidelines and then capitalising on the turmoil’’.

Georgy and Amara also suggest that Sudanese in search of ‘’freedom and better prospects’’ may end up disappointed, as they draw on examples from Arab Spring countries still awaiting change.