Sudanese women chant slogans outside a court during a new trial against ousted President Omar al-Bashir on September 15, 2020. Photo by Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters.
The world received a wake-up call about the state of Sudanese democracy last week as forces bent on thwarting that progress—allegedly loyal to toppled dictator Omar al-Bashir—attempted a coup against the fragile government.
News of the failed plot came the same day that US President Joe Biden extolled democracy, and the courage of those seeking it, in his address to the United Nations. He mentioned Sudan specifically: “The democratic world is everywhere … It lives in the brave women of Sudan who withstood violence and oppression to push a genocidal dictator from power and who keep working every day to defend their democratic progress.”
Sudan’s failed coup shows why military reform is a must – Atlantic Council
