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The anti-government protests that have shaken Sudan for four weeks are reminiscent of the uprisings of the Arab Spring from nearly a decade ago.
Protesters, many of them between the ages of 20 and 30, are trying to overthrow an authoritarian leader – President Omar al-Bashir – and conquer human rights and freedoms. Protesters seem to have learned from their counterparts in the Arab Spring and introduced their own tactics.
Sudan has not seen the many street protests that swept through several Arab countries in 2011.
At the time, the country was concerned about secession from the south, mainly animist and Christian, a region rich in oil. In 2013, soaring gasoline prices triggered protests that were brutally suppressed, killing around 200 people.
More than five years later, Sudan is once again overwhelmed by unrest.
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