Will Sudan Be The Next Syria? The Comparisons Are Striking -- The National
Renewed protests against president Omar Al Bashir in Sudan have led to speculation about whether the Arab Spring has belatedly reached the country’s borders. Last year, however, similar demonstrations disappeared soon after they began and it is highly likely that matters will turn out the same this time around.
There are direct parallels with Syria, however, where the regime has confounded expectations by clinging to power against an uprising that is in its third year. The morbid lesson that Bashar Al Assad has taught other Arab dictators is that if they are stubborn and brutal enough, their people and the international community will lose the stomach to risk facing the tragic repercussions that Syrians are experiencing.
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My Comment: Africa's history has been one of tribal divisions and conflicts .... with trends continuing as they are in Sudan, I have doubts that it will be able to escape this history.
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