The Sudanese Revolution the Climax of a Decade of challenging the Political Order by Clément Deshayes
The Sudanese Revolution the Climax of a Decade of challenging the Political Order by Clément Deshayes For about ten years, there have been various forms of protest in Sudan, what are the mobilization practices and who are the protesters? Clément Deshayes: The protest against the regime is not new; it has existed since the coup d’état of 1989, but has been accentuated during the last decade. To understand the current revolutionary period, it is therefore necessary to record it within a long history of forms of resistance and protest against the regime by multiple actors, ranging from resistance committees in neighborhoods to political parties, as well as to associations and student unions. The open protest grew between 2010 and 2011. These years mark a period of reconfiguration of the regime, but also a mounting of the opposition forces. Omar El Beshir was re-elected in 2010 after a campaign where all the opposition candidates withdrew little by little. The same year, the separation o