Omar Al-Bashir, a political hardliner and controversial leader of Sudan has stepped down after 30 years in power media reports have revealed on Thursday.
The Sudanese army was Thursday planning to make “an important announcement,” state media said, after months of protests against the longtime leader.
The anti-government protests that have convulsed Sudan over the past months are, in many ways, a revolution told in chants by many demonstrators and students.
However, in recent weeks, the chants were joined by another refrain, this one directed at a group of demonstrators who have been, for many, the movement’s heartbeat
“You women, be strong,” activists have chanted at several protests. “This revolution is a women’s revolution.”
What makes it a women’s revolution, many here say, is the heavy participation of women – over half the demonstrators at many protests are women – but also their fierce urgency in ousting the president. Since Mr. Bashir came to power in a 1989 coup, few groups of Sudanese have suffered as visibly as women under his rule. And now, there seem to be few groups who want to see him gone quite as much.
Al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity & war crimes.
Hopefully, the victims of Darfur are today one step closer to seeing justice.