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Abbas Abdelkarim

Abbas Abdelkarim recently finished his doctorate at the School of Development Studies of the University of East Anglia.

The Generals Step In

Mass demonstrations in Khartoum at the end of March 1985 initiated a series of events which culminated in the overthrow of President Ja‘far Numairi’s regime in Sudan by the Sudanese military. What began as popular protest against increases in the price of basic commodities was transformed within a w

Abbas Abdelkarim, Abdallah el-Hassan, David Seddon • 15 min read