After 3 months of street protests against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, the longtime autocrat refuses to give in.
FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2019 file photo, anti-government protesters rally in Khartoum, Sudan. Three months after Sudanese protesters rose up against President Omar al-Bashir, the longtime autocrat has bound himself more tightly to the military and refused to bow to their demands. Al-Bashir has remained in power through three decades of war and sanctions, the secession of Sudan’s oil-rich south in 2011 and an international arrest warrant for genocide and war crimes linked to the Darfur conflict.
But since December he has faced the biggest protests of his long rule, with political parties and unions demanding his ouster and demonstrators chanting slogans from the 2011 Arab Spring.Demonstrators are still taking to the streets nearly every day despite a heavy crackdown by security forces. The largest protests are being held in the capital, Khartoum, and nearby Omdurman, with smaller ones breaking out elsewhere.
Sarah Abdel-Jaleel, a spokeswoman for the group, said they call for a “total change of the regime to meet the aspirations of the Sudanese people.” Al-Bashir also dissolved the government last month. But his hand-picked prime minister on Wednesday announced a new Cabinet that keeps the defense and foreign ministers in place.
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