12/05/2019
Sudanese youth, emboldened by an unlikely political victory, dare to dream of a brighter future
They hold their heads high and walk with confidence down streets once crawling with the security men they grew to fear. Their words brim with the bravado of victors. A month after an Arab Spring-like uprising led by youths prompted the military overthrow of authoritarian ruler Omar Al Bashir, Sudan?s young men and women continue to bask in the glory of their unlikely victory, celebrating their hard-won freedom with an optimism for the future made brighter by their previous years of despair and helplessness. Even the thought that it will likely take years, perhaps even decades, to overhaul an economy ravaged by years of mismanagement and corruption does not seem to stop Sudan?s youth from...
