The new Sudan, unfortunately, may end up looking like the old Sudan
Well, they tried.
The protest movement that ended the 30-year rule of a war crimes suspect in Sudan looks like it will result mostly in more brave, idealistic protesters dead. If you’re okay with what happened in Darfur and Egypt and is currently happening in Yemen, you’ll probably be fine with the new Sudan.
Among those you can thank are the commander of a paramilitary force Human Rights Watch referred to as the “Men with No Mercy” for their abuses in Darfur — with an assist from Saudi Arabia.
The commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, appears to have played this perfectly. He ditched longtime leader Omar Bashir in favor of the protesters this spring, only to emerge as the No. 2 figure (and the real power, according to many) in the transitional military government. Now Dagolo is moving against the protests. It was his Rapid Support Force, a mostly repackaged version of Darfur’s infamous “janjaweed” militias that attacked protesters in Khartoum last Monday, killing dozens and wounding hundreds.
Several leading opposition figures were arrested over the weekend and on Sunday, security forces used tear gas and live ammunition against protesters on the first day of a general strike. Several more people were reported killed.
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