Sudan: Omar al-Bashir’s legacy still haunts two years on
By DW
06 April 2022 |
5:30 am
Artist Assil Diab saw a cause for hope with the ousting of the former president in the war-torn nation. A revolution that ushered out 30 years of authoritarian rule. Two years on, a new leadership has failed to bring justice to so many lives lost.
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