Sudan – the Quieter Revolution

Speaking to people in Khartoum and surrounding areas, I found a wariness, a feeling in the air that people have had enough of political instability. Unlike most other Arab countries, Sudan has witnessed several governments since independence, each with its own unique predilection for failure. Military dictatorships, flirtations with communism, Islamism and a toothless liberal civil government of elites have all instilled a sense of fatigue. Add to this the seismic shift of the separation of the south, and you have a recipe for caution – an almost unconscious cognisance of the fragility of the moment and a negligible appetite for more upheaval.