Did deal ending Sudan coup leave Sudanese out of the picture?
It was Ahmed’s sixth protest in six weeks.
Despite the risks from the military’s deadly crackdown on demonstrations, the unemployed Sudanese university graduate says he had nothing to lose.
“There is no going back,” the 20-something says from Khartoum, Sudan, while participating in nationwide protests Monday.
“No to negotiations, no to collaboration with the military, yes to revolution,” he adds. “Either we achieve a full, civilian democracy right now, or we die an oppressed people.”
The international community is hailing the Nov. 21 deal that ended a nearly monthlong military coup that threatened the country’s steps toward democracy. But Sudanese protesters like Ahmed who demanded the release of civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok now blame him for making too many concessions.
It is part of a boiling over
