SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Financial Times - Atrocities in Sudan are a reminder the regime never left

25/6/19: Financial Times - Atrocities in Sudan are a reminder the regime never left, by Yousra Elbagir

Yousra Elbagir argues that the ousting of Omar Al Bashir signals to protesters and opposition leaders that “the revolution has only just begun.”

 Elbagir notes that the ruling Transitionary Military Council (TMC) is composed of Al Bashir’s old allies, arguing that they deposed him to prolong the regime’s survival, rather than end it.

 Drawing attention to TMC deputy Himedti, Elbagir was told by a National Intelligence and Security Services officer that Himedti’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) “militia-for-hire” would be deployed for the protection of the deep state if the revolution found its way to Khartoum.

Nonetheless, despite the RSF’s brutality (including the June 3 massacre), Elbagir concludes that “resistance has reignited across [Sudan].“