The protest movements in Sudan and their role in the political and social transformation

Abstract

This study investigates the factors that led to the outbreak of protest movements in Sudan, since Sudan’s independence in 1956 until December 2018. The study aims to identify the role of protests in bringing about political and social transformations in Sudan, besides identifying the factors that help in the success or failure of the governments that resulted from those protests, with special emphasis on the challenges of the government of the 2018 revolution. The main results of the study reveal that the December 2018 protests are the largest in term of numbers, and witness huge participation of youth and women, and the slogans raised were national and comprehensive. However, the challenges that the transitional government is going through are serious and great. This is due to the gap between the aspirations of the revolutionaries and the reality. In reality, reforming the economy, politics, and the social situation is not an easy matter or a Sudanese affair exclusively, rather, external interventions have drastic impact. Whatsoever happen, the desired transformations remain dependent on the ability of the active forces to overcome this chaotic situation. The study recommends assimilating the revolutionaries into political systems to bring about change to civil and democratic state.