Almost 300 dead and hundreds wounded leaving a nation in shock. What’s driving Sudan’s conflict? It is the worst violence in Sudan since its independence 67 years ago. Thousands of people have fled the capital, Khartoum, while the army is fighting a paramilitary group, in […]
Sudan's coup leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said the military seized power to prevent "civil war". He added that the deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was being kept at the general's house "for his own safety” but has now returned home. Protests are continuing for a second day in the capital, Khartoum, with roads, bridges and shops closed. Phone and internet lines are also disrupted. (BBC News) Here is an expert from McGill University that can provide comment on this issue: Khalid Mustafa Medani, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Institute of Islamic Studies “The most recent military coup in Sudan not only undermines the democratic and hard-fought aspirations of the Sudanese people, it also threatens to undermine the security of the entire region with significant consequences for the international community in terms of their strategic, economic interests and the global human rights and democracy agenda. The opposition to