Darfur by Gérard Prunier5/10/2023 ![]() It is the only book that deals in detail with the people’s revolution in 2019, led largely by women, that ousted the Islamist regime of Omar al-Bashir and led to the transitional government, which itself was overthrown. “Sudan’s Unfinished Democracy” is the best of them. Recent texts on Sudan, therefore, are relatively rare. Since South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011 the former has claimed more attention, as it plunged quickly into its very own civil war. By Willow Berridge, Justin Lynch, Raga Makawi and Alex de Waal. These seven books explain how and why Sudan went so horribly wrong. Blessed with ample natural resources, notably oil and gold, rich agricultural lands, a sophisticated education system (largely inherited from the British) and a robust civil society, Sudan has nonetheless been plagued by genocide, famine and poverty. The latest was the overthrow in October 2021 of a transitional civilian-led government by a military junta led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Since independence in 1956 the country has endured six coups and about ten failed attempts, by some measures the worst record in Africa. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() S UDAN APPEARS to be trapped in an endless cycle of bloody coups and counter-coups. ![]()
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