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Sudan Protests: President Bashir declares 1-year State of Emergency
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President Bashir declares year-long state of emergency across Sudan
Date created : 22/02/2019 - 22:05
Ashraf Shazly, AFP | Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (2nd-L) addresses members of the Popular Defence Force (PDF), in the capital Khartoum on February 12, 2019.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared a nationwide state of emergency on Friday and dissolved the government, in an effort to quell weeks of demonstrations that have rocked his iron-fisted rule of three decades.
“I announce imposing a state of emergency across the country for one year,” Bashir said in a televised address to the nation.
“I announce dissolving the government at the federal level and at the provincial levels,” he added.
Deadly protests have rocked the east African country since December 19, with demonstrators accusing the government of mismanaging the nation’s economy and calling on the veteran leader to step down.
Chanting “freedom, peace, justice,” protesters took to the streets after the government tripled the price of bread.
Demonstrations first erupted in the farming town of Atbara, but the rallies swiftly mushroomed into a major challenge to Bashir’s rule stretching back three decades.
Sweeping crackdown
Officials say 31 people have died in the protest-related violence, while Human Rights Watch says at least 51 people have been killed including medics and children.
The country’s feared National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) have launched a sweeping crackdown to quell the protests, jailing hundreds of protesters, opposition leaders, activists and journalists.
Bashir, 75, swept to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989 that overthrew the elected government of then premier Sadiq al-Mahdi.
He has remained defiant in the face of protests, insisting that the only way the government can be changed is through the ballot box.
He is also wanted by the International Criminal Court to face charges of war crimes and genocide arising out of the long-running conflict in Darfur.
(AFP)
President Bashir declares year-long state of emergency across Sudan
Date created : 22/02/2019 - 22:05
Ashraf Shazly, AFP | Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (2nd-L) addresses members of the Popular Defence Force (PDF), in the capital Khartoum on February 12, 2019.
Text by:NEWS WIRES
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared a nationwide state of emergency on Friday and dissolved the government, in an effort to quell weeks of demonstrations that have rocked his iron-fisted rule of three decades.
“I announce imposing a state of emergency across the country for one year,” Bashir said in a televised address to the nation.
“I announce dissolving the government at the federal level and at the provincial levels,” he added.
Deadly protests have rocked the east African country since December 19, with demonstrators accusing the government of mismanaging the nation’s economy and calling on the veteran leader to step down.
Chanting “freedom, peace, justice,” protesters took to the streets after the government tripled the price of bread.
Demonstrations first erupted in the farming town of Atbara, but the rallies swiftly mushroomed into a major challenge to Bashir’s rule stretching back three decades.
Sweeping crackdown
Officials say 31 people have died in the protest-related violence, while Human Rights Watch says at least 51 people have been killed including medics and children.
The country’s feared National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) have launched a sweeping crackdown to quell the protests, jailing hundreds of protesters, opposition leaders, activists and journalists.
Bashir, 75, swept to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989 that overthrew the elected government of then premier Sadiq al-Mahdi.
He has remained defiant in the face of protests, insisting that the only way the government can be changed is through the ballot box.
He is also wanted by the International Criminal Court to face charges of war crimes and genocide arising out of the long-running conflict in Darfur.
(AFP)
President Bashir declares year-long state of emergency across Sudan
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police fired teargas at demonstrators on Saturday as fresh protests broke out against the rule of President Omar al-Bashir, after he appointed a new prime minister and first vice president a day after declaring a state of emergency.
Police confronted dozens of protesters in the Shambat neighborhood of Khartoum North, and similarly sized crowds in the Wad Nubawi and Abbasiya neighborhoods of Omdurman, witnesses said.
Protesters in Shambat blocked a road and burned car tires, witnesses said. Demonstrators chanted “Revolution is the people’s choice”, and other slogans, in Wad Nubawi. In Abbasiya chants included “Down, that’s it”, a rallying call that underlines their main demand for Bashir to go.
A statement from the president’s office said Mohamed Tahir Ayala, the governor of Gezira state who was previously touted by Bashir as a potential successor as president, was appointed prime minister.
Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf, an ex-military intelligence chief, became first vice president, while retaining his defense portfolio.
Bashir had declared a one-year nationwide state of emergency on Friday and set up a caretaker administration. He replaced all state governors with military officials.
In a televised speech he urged his opponents to join a “path of national reconciliation” and dialogue. He called on parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to seek another term in 2020, but stopped short of saying explicitly he would not run.
There was no sign Friday’s speech had calmed the streets. Protests continued late into the night across the capital Khartoum. Stones and debris from burned tires and branches littered many streets on Saturday.
The National Consensus Forces, one of the main opposition groups, said the state of emergency was aimed at countering a “popular revolution” and vowed to push ahead until Bashir is toppled.
CURRENT CRISIS
The National Umma Party, headed by Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, who was toppled by Bashir in a 1989 military coup, sharply criticized the speech in a statement on Saturday.
“It was a contradictory speech and does not relate to the reality of the current crisis in our country in any way,” National Umma, one of the main opposition parties, said. “It does not fulfill the least of the Sudanese street’s demands.”
Activists say nearly 60 people have been killed since protests began more than two months ago, while authorities put the death toll at 32, including three security personnel.
Sudan last had a nationwide state of emergency in 1999. States of emergency have been declared in several states as protests intensified.
Security forces arrested Osman Mirghani, editor-in-chief of prominent independent newspaper Al-Tayyar, late on Friday, his family told Reuters.
Mirghani appeared on regional broadcaster Al Arabiya Al Hadath and criticized Bashir’s Friday speech. He then returned to Al-Tayyar’s offices where security forces detained him, his family said.
Facing mounting unrest at home, Bashir has sought support abroad from fellow Arab leaders. Bashir and Defence Minister Ibn Auf met on Saturday with the emir of Qatar’s envoy Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah.
Earlier this month, he struck a conciliatory tone toward the protests, saying young people caught up in the recent turmoil had “reasonable ambition”.
Bashir, an Islamist and former military officer, is wanted by the International Criminal Court in the Hague over charges of masterminding genocide in the Darfur region, which he denies. He has been lobbying for Sudan to be removed from a list of countries which Washington deems state sponsors of terrorism.
The listing has blocked the investment and financial aid that Sudan was hoping for when the United States lifted sanctions in 2017, economists say.
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This has been very interesting. I’m sure Riyadh wants him to stay in power as he’s sending plenty of Janjaweed fighters for their Yemen fukkery. The youth aren’t stopping and with VPNs it’s not like it was during the Arab Spring where the dark web needs to be utilized to sidestep authorities.
It’s weird cuz had he at least done some nominally good things with the country’s abundant resources he would still be in good shape. He’s a slick politician that could’ve played on that but he got too comfortable. You can’t be in for 30+ years and all you have to show for it is wars everywhere, lack of opportunities, and rising costs.
It’s weird cuz had he at least done some nominally good things with the country’s abundant resources he would still be in good shape. He’s a slick politician that could’ve played on that but he got too comfortable. You can’t be in for 30+ years and all you have to show for it is wars everywhere, lack of opportunities, and rising costs.
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The international community is not unified on what to do with Bashir. Sudan is too useful these days to chuck away, but they feel that Bashir is growing useless. They're hoping for a Mubarak-style transition.