Channel: BEME News

Category: News & Politics

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Description: Protest movements are springing up all across Sudan in an attempt to overthrow the corrupt and brutal President, Omar al-Bashir. Hundreds of citizens are being arrested, tortured, and murdered in broad daylight, with no apparent end in sight. Lou explains how anger over rising bread prices has escalated into a countrywide movement. SOURCES & FURTHER READING Mampilly: “Recent protests in Sudan are much more than bread riots” washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/28/recent-protests-in-sudan-are-much-more-than-bread-riots Eric Reeves’ research on Sudan sudanreeves.org Human Rights Watch: Security Forces Killing, Detaining Protesters in Sudan hrw.org/news/2019/01/07/sudan-security-forces-killing-detaining-protesters Amnesty International report on Sudan amnesty.org/en/countries/africa/sudan/report-sudan Sudanese child soldiers in Yemen nytimes.com/2018/12/28/world/africa/saudi-sudan-yemen-child-fighters.html Dying in Darfur newyorker.com/magazine/2004/08/30/dying-in-darfur CREDITS Writer: Louis Foglia Editor: m.cho Researcher: Dushyant Naresh Supervising Producer: Allison Brown Follow Beme on Instagram: instagram.com/bemenews Twitter: twitter.com/bemeapp Facebook: facebook.com/officialbeme #SudanProtests #SudanUprising