Fall of Hassan Omar al-Bashir: Sudan's New Dawn That Never Was?

This week three years ago in Sudan, Hassan Omar al-Bashir, one of Africa’s longest serving dictators, was brought down after months of mass protests.

For many souls that had endured the strongman’s iron fist for over 30 years, the April 11, 2019 big announcement by the military that the Sudanese army had uprooted The Brotherhood regime was a new dawn in every sense of the word.

Their hopes were raised even higher when the disgraced dictator was swiftly put on trial for the 1989 coup, among other charges, and sent to detention.

But the spirited revolution seems to have been big on everything except one thing: A new and better Sudan.

The military, which had promised to hand over power to a civilian government, seems to have adopted al-Bashir script and has continued to rule despite deadly protests, regional isolation, international pressure and even an attempted repeat coup.

There are reports of widespread human rights violations, a tanking economy, high cost of living, food and fuel shortages, deaths linked to mass starvation amid mounting international sanctions on Khartoum.

Is this Khartoum’s new dawn that never was?

Join Nation.Africa this Thursday, April 14, 2022 from 1930hrs EAT, as we discuss the fragile situation in Sudan and what it portents for the region and the continent.