A Dictator’s Fall in Sudan

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🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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After a brutal 30-year reign, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan has been deposed by his own generals. The story of one of those generals and his son could signal what comes next for the country. Guest: Declan Walsh, the Cairo bureau chief for The New York Times, spoke with Lt. Gen. Salah Abdelkhalig and Abdelkhalig Salah in Khartoum, Sudan. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: When Sudan’s Air Force chief stepped out to address a crowd calling for the ouster of the president, the chief’s own son was among the protesters — a family split that mirrors broader tensions between the military and civilians.Mr. al-Bashir, who is under indictment by the International Criminal Court for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, was unseated amid sweeping demonstrations that began in December over the price of bread.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:02.0	This is The Daily.
0:10.0	Today.
0:12.0	After a brutal 30-year-round,
0:15.0	Sudan's dictator has been deposed by his own generals,
0:19.0	what the story of one of those generals and his son
0:23.0	could signal about what comes next for Sudan.
0:33.0	It's Wednesday, May 1.
0:37.0	Declan, tell us about what happened outside of Sudan's military headquarters earlier this month.
0:46.0	So this story starts on April 10th.
0:49.0	A month, the Utesh had been building in Sudan against President Omar Bashir.
0:53.0	He's the man that dictator menu would say who's been ruling Sudan for two years.
0:59.0	I reached Declan Walsh in Sudan's capital.
1:03.0	So while President Bashir is known in the outside world, principally for war crimes.
1:08.0	At home in Sudan, his downfall really was coming about
1:12.0	because of the economic conditions in the country.
1:15.0	The U.S. economy has been tanking for the last couple of years.
1:19.0	And the protest movement that started in December really came about as a result.
1:24.0	First of fuel prices, food prices, people's living standards plunging at a precipitous rate.
1:32.0	And really, it is the economy that was bringing down President Bashir first and foremost.
1:38.0	You had thousands of young Sudanese led by professionals like doctors and lawyers and university professors.
1:48.0	And they had camped outside the military's headquarters demanding the ouster of President Bashir.
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