SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Radio Dabanga - 'Young Sudanese not active in political parties'

12/10/2020: Radio Dabanga - 'Young Sudanese not active in political parties'

Radio Dabanga report that young Sudanese are not active in ‘traditional’ Sudanese political parties, according to Dr Azza Mustafa, a former professor of political science at Alzaiem Alazhari University in Khartoum and specialist on democracy and political parties.

 Dr Mustafa said young Sudanese do not find “the old political programmes” attractive, that the youth are being “alienated” by political parties that do not accommodate them, and “still do what they did 50 years ago.”

 She called on “all political parties to reformulate their programmes, so that they will address the issues of all segments of society, especially youth and women “otherwise they will lose the support of young people, who will be important in the election process.”

 Faki Mohamed, leading member of the Kassala Resistance Committees, Asaad El Taher, a youth leader in Darfur, both said youth should be better represented in policy-making given their “leading role” in overthrowing al-Bashir.