SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: New Statesman - In Sudan, President Bashir is gone - but the shadow of his government remains

18/4/19: New Statesman - In Sudan, President Bashir is gone - but the shadow of his government remains, by Nesrine Malik

Nesrine Malik highlights the dilemma of Sudanese protesters in their pursuit of civil government: the absence of civil society leaders.

 Malik attributes this to Al Bashir’s regime stifling any opportunity for figures outside government to incubate a political movement or build an electoral profile. Malik also notes that the regime “embedded itself so deeply that dismantling it overnight is impossible.”

 Despite the Sudanese people's distrust of a new regime that involves members of the old guard, Malik  highlights the increased leverage that the street protesters have over the TMC, concluding that the resolve of the protesters is stronger.