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explained. Thursday, April 11th, 2019. Today's date will be remembered by generations in Sudan.

It's the day the people topple the tyrant. After months of mass protests and

citizens, the military stepped in and removed President Omar al-Bashir from power today.

Tomorrow is uncertain, but today is history. Earlier this year, we covered the protests in Sudan,

and today we're bringing you that coverage again to explain how we got to this moment.

Usually, when we call up journalists on the show, they're making time for us between deadlines.

Then there's Reem Abbas. I was out today and I was coming home in a taxi and we were hit by

tear gas and it was really bad. So it took me some time to recover. Peer gas is not nice.

Reem's a reporter in cartoons Sudan, and her country is in a state of turmoil right now.

We have a baby actually, so I'm worried about leaving the house with her because of the tear gas,

because of the protest. I'm worried about getting arrested as a journalist, but my worries are

minimal compared to other people. I mean, this has been what's happening for the last few weeks,

that there's a protest everywhere.

The

familiar slogans from the Arab Spring are now echoing across Sudan.

Beautiful, peaceful, they cry. Their hands raised an empty of weapons.

It's like the most significant protest movement in Sudan.

People were killed in Sudan. They were not killed because they did anything wrong.

The people who were going out being bullied to say no to this cruel system.

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