Sudan remains in limbo since the revolution is a mockeryThose who live by the sword will die by the sword. Martin Meredith recalls the time in 1989 when Omar Hassan El Bashir took the oath of office as President of Sudan. Riding on the wave of a military coup by the National Salvation Revolution, Bashir held the Koran in one hand and a Russian Kalashnikov in the other. It is instructive that like in 1989, when he took over from Premier Sadiq al-Mahdi, the word “revolution” was on everyone’s lips. SEE ALSO :Kenya as the weakest link in Lapsset projectSudan remains in limbo, however, for the so-called “revolution” is at this moment a mockery.

Source: Standard Digital April 12, 2019 21:00 UTC