Sudan: A long path to democracy
02 December 2019 |
12:46 pm
Sudan's transitional authorities have approved a law that dissolves the party of former strongman Omar al-Bashir. The man himself is in prison and the country is finally working towards holding democratic elections for the first time in over three decades. What's the immediate legacy of the revolution for ordinary Sudanese people? We speak to Emmanuelle Veuillet, PhD researcher at Paris's Panthéon-Sorbonne University and member of the "Social Dynamics of Civil Wars" research group. She also tells us abou
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