Having ousted former authoritarian leader Omar al-Bashir in April, Sudan still struggles with its path do Democracy. Replacing the former autocrat’s rule is a council of army generals, formally under the name of Transitional Military Council.

The Council had originally agreed to a three year transitional period towards civilian rule in order to dilute old vices of al-Bashir’s corrupt legacy and pave the way towards fair elections.

Talks have broken down between the Transitional body and pro-democratic activists though, resulting in the Council backtracking on its previous concessions.

According to the BBC, the army now wants to hold elections within nine months. A measure widely opposed by protesters, who believe such time to be insufficient to cleanse a system, consequently inviting the old powers back in.

In a country still shadowed by the memory of the Darfur genocide and many other episodes of political and military violence and human rights abuses, Sudan will remain under the watchful eyes of the World, as violence against protesters escalates.

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