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Vol 60 No 16

Published 9th August 2019


Sudan

From revolution to realpolitik

Neither side likes the deal. The generals want to play for time and the activists see it as a first step to power

For the thousands gathering in central Khartoum, waving flags and sounding horns around the Friendship Hall, the constitutional declaration initialled on 4 August was far from the revolutionary victory they had sought. It has taken four months since the overthrow of Omer el Beshir, tortuous negotiations, mass sit-ins and enduring murderous attacks by the security forces to get here.

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