Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of major cities in Sudan to celebrate the second anniversary of the uprising that led to the regime of Omar al-Bashir after 30 years of authoritarian rule. The Sudanese are growing impatient because the political transition does not really lead to concrete reforms and tensions are rising between civilians and soldiers within the transitional government.
From our correspondent in Khartoum, Eliott Brachet
On social networks, the call for a “millionaire march” was passed on everywhere. By noon, there was already a crowd in the heart of Khartoum, but perhaps not as large a crowd as the main organizers, the resistance committees that had been the engine of the anti-Bashir uprising, had hoped. two years. However, two years after the fall of Omar al-Bashir, the same revolutionary slogan resounded in front of the gates of the palace where the sovereign council sits.
“After the fall of al-Bashir, our revolution stole from us. The coalition between governing parties, the forces of freedom and change does not represent revolution. Neither is the sovereign council. The military plan to overthrow civilian power. I say this without any political affiliation. My party is the Sudanese nation, says Yasir, an engineer who scolds all political forces in power.
“The people are no longer alive!”
Within the procession, the debates ignite. Some ask for the fall of the government, others for concrete reforms like Munjia Rahman: “I did not come down to ask for its fall. But to remind the Hamdok government of the demands of its people. There is a shortage of bread, our brothers stand in line for 3 days in front of the gas pumps. The people are no longer alive! ”
Among the protesters, many have been affected by the economic crisis in which the country is overthrown. This is one of the reasons why Abdelbasit Osman, 23, took to the streets: “The protesters are still going to continue the fight. This is one of the principles of the Sudanese revolution. This revolution is an idea, and this idea is not dead ”.
As the sun goes down, the barricades rise lit by burning tires. The evening promises to be tense, the police launched the first tear gas.
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