I’m about to go off to bed, but here are numerous reports that a coup against the unpopular dictator Omar al-Bashir, who has ruled Sudan for 30 years, has succeeded and forced him to step down after weeks of massive protests against him:
BREAKING: Sudan's President removed from power
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) April 11, 2019
BREAKING: President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir of Sudan has “stepped down” according to Al-Arabia TV quoting sources. https://t.co/tybs79JjVi
— Harun Maruf (@HarunMaruf) April 11, 2019
@zerohedge Army sources say the military, as an institution, is set to take control of Sudan.
— Rami Alnajjar♞🇺🇸 (@veryFatcat) April 11, 2019
Al-Bashir is a corrupt scumbag who has played footsie with jihadists and is responsible for the genocide in Darfur. Usually instability like this makes a country ripe for takeover by jihadists, but the nature of al-Bashir’s regime (which discriminated against all Sudanese who weren’t Arab) suggests that whatever follows him probably won’t be Islamists (knock on wood).
Developing…
Tags: Darfur, Jihad, Omar al-Bashir, Sudan