A Military Crackdown in Sudan

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 24 June 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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A military crackdown in Sudan has left more than 100 pro-democracy protesters dead, just weeks after the military offered support in overthrowing the country’s dictator. Our colleague spoke with us from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Guest: Declan Walsh, the Cairo bureau chief for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, the leader of the paramilitary forces that carried out the killings, is now considered by many to be the de facto ruler of Sudan.Listen to an episode of “The Daily” about the fall of Sudan’s longtime dictator, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who was deposed by his own generals in May.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:32.6	This is the Daily.
0:35.6	Today, a military-led massacre in Sudan has left more than 100 protesters dead.
0:46.9	Just weeks after the military had offered its support to those protesters in overthrowing
0:53.0	the country's dictator.
0:55.3	The Declan Watch is in Sudan's capital, Cartoon.
1:02.3	It's Monday, June 24.
1:08.5	So Declan, where do we leave things when we last spoke with you?
1:11.7	So the last time we spoke, the protesters here in Sudan had scored a huge victory.
1:21.6	After months of street protests against military rule, they had just managed to topple Omar
1:27.7	Hassan al-Bashir.
1:29.1	After 30 years in power, Omar al-Bashir is now being kept in solitary confinement in
1:33.2	a prison in Cartoon.
1:34.6	He is the dictator who had been ruling Sudan for 30 years and they'd gotten rid of him.
1:40.4	But after they got rid of Bashir, Army generals took control of the country.
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