There’s a revolt going on the streets of Sudan spanning many parts of the country. These type of events are daily, and we constantly hear that there is some type of social unrest going on in some part of the world. Primarily, it revolves around the injustices that have greatly affected a population, mostly the poor. People, as you can understand, get frustrated and the built-up resentment and anger eventually surfaces many times in mass protest, whether if it’s peaceful or violent.
With the increase in gas prices causing the rise in cost of basic necessities, the people of Sudan have had enough of living in a dwindling economy where they’re struggling to survive. Peaceful protesters have been met with violence, and many have been killed by the government for displaying their frustration for being let down again and again. On Wednesday, September 26th, The Sudan’s National Congress Party, in order to limit the out flow of information about what is happening, blacked out internet service and censored newspaper publications
“In a country, still entrapped in civil wars, where 75 percent of the budget goes to military forces and less than 5 percent of the budget goes to education, they’ve reached a breaking point with political, economic, and security failures. The government knows this, and they’re clamping down more brutally than usual.” The protest began as an outcry to the economic crisis that has been happening, but with blood being shed on the streets, that outcry is now more about freedom and hopes for a new regimen to take control.
[Photos by Girifna Media] [Via Vice]
