SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Financial Times - Sudan’s protests feel like a trip back to revolutionary Russia

24/4/19: Financial Times – Sudan’s protests feel like a trip back to revolutionary Russia, by David Pilling

 Speaking to various Sudanese protesters, David Pilling argues that the Sudanese uprising - "driven by a new generation of idealists" - has a "retro-revolutionary feel" and a "secular and a syndicalist tinge."

 Human rights lawyer Nabil Adil told Pilling that while the previous two revolutions in Sudan’s post-independence history culminated in military rule, this one looks more promising.

 Pilling quotes protester Amin Mohamed to say that the "revolution is against the Islamist forces,” with another protester, Omnaeem Elnoor, calling for a "Sudan of liberty, equality and justice, without a military government,” adding that she wants to continue protesting "on behalf of the people who died.”

 Nonetheless, Pilling notes signs of the revolution faltering. citing the transitional military council pushing out Al Bashir as "likely an act of self-preservation as a desire for change," and the civilian opposition's disagreement on the nature and duration of a power-sharing deal.