A targeted response, including sanctions against those leading the repression, will allow Sudanese striving for a fairer future the freedom to organise

In Sudan, where prices for bread and fuel have risen sharply after the coup, people are once again taking to the streets. The global shortage of wheat triggered by the war in Ukraine may be adding fuel to the fire, but dissatisfaction has been brewing for years.

Five months ago, Sudan’s military carried out a coup, bringing an abrupt end to the country’s short-lived transition towards democracy and empowering a repressive clique, many of whom were in power when the former strongman, Omar al-Bashir, was in charge. Sudanese from all walks of life have been rallying in resistance ever since.

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