SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: African Arguments - Sudan Uprising: We're on the verge of history, even as the world looks away

8/4/19: African Arguments – Sudan Uprising: We’re on the verge of history, even as the world looks away, by S. Ahmed

 Khartoum-based doctor S. Ahmed calls for those outside Sudan to “pay attention...before it is too late.”

 As well as noting the “minimal” international coverage of Sudan’s ongoing protests, Ahmed argues that international governments’ failure to condemn the violence against peaceful protestors is not surprising, given Omar Al Bashir’s ability to roam Africa, Asia and Russia “freely,” despite his ICC arrest warrant.

 Singling out “particularly silent” Middle East governments, Ahmed argues that Gulf, Turkish and Egyptian economic help to Al Bashir “has not gone unnoticed by Sudanese people.”

 Highlighting the risks of Sudanese protestors’ reliance on forging allegiances within the “internally divided and discontented army,” Ahmed cites Al Bashir loyalists in key security positions, and NISS’ recent repression of political dissidents and protest organisers, under the “brutal” leadership of Salah Gosh, “a man who has been coddled by the West despite being accused of war crimes.”