Sudan: the thieves fall out

Rival generals in Sudan both have a lot of blood on their hands, and neither even has the skill to run a dictatorship efficiently.

Former military dictator Omar al-Bashir was in power for 30 years in Sudan, waging constant wars against minority groups and handing huge chunks of the economy over to military interests while civilian living-standards stagnated, writes Gwynne Dyer.Flickr photograph courtesy of Paul Kagame

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

April 17, 2023

LONDON, U.K.—It’s a pity that both sides can’t lose in the war that broke out between rival generals in Sudan on April 15, but the best that the 48 million Sudanese can hope for now is that one side loses quickly. Beyond that, it’s all bad: the rival generals both wa...

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