RVI Fellow Magdi el-Gizouli’s briefing examines the forms of popular resistance and organization that emerged within Sudan’s uprising in 2018-19. He considers whether the new transitional government, which must balance the interests of Sudan’s different social groups, will be able to satisfy the demands of the country’s more radical constituencies.
Mobilization and Resistance in Sudan’s Uprising from Neighbourhood Committees to Zanig Queens
This paper explained the diverse local organisational networks behind Sudan’s revolution and the attempts by the emerging political elites to co-opt neighbourhood activists, and the resulting generational, racial and class-based tensions.