After the fall of Sudanese long time despot, Omar Bashir, Sudan has added another feather to its cap. Methinks Sudan becomes the first country on earth to have three presidents in one week. April goes to the annals of history that there was once a country that had three different president within three days as they succeeded each other. On Wednesday 10th April, 2019 Sudan's president was Bashir before Ahmed Awad ibn Auf stepped in on Thursday 11th after the army booted down Bashir. The next day namely 12th, ibn Auf was removed from power after demonstrators accused him of being a Bashir person. On the same day, Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan was sworn in to take over from ibn Auf him a third president within one week. Sudanese are entering the books of history as the people who were able to overthrow two military despots in 24 hours. This has never been done anywhere on earth.
Apart from having three president in three days, Sudan is renowned for being an African country that regards itself as an arab one. It black people still believe are arabs though arabs always have never accepted them. This shows Sudan's exceptionality when it comes to self-perception and self-identification. Actually, Sudan is always running away from its shadow. When you want to know if an animal you have is a goat, just take it to other goats. If it truly is goats will accept it. If it is not, goats will refuse to accept it as one of theirs.
Another face of Sudan revolves around genocide in Darfur. Despite almost all Dafuris being muslims, their brethren muslim from Sudan perpetrated genocide agains them as they were led by Bashir and ibn Awf. This is Sudan whose people have now awakened and taken on their dictators. Another exceptionality that Sudan enjoys currently is that it has become a first Arab-speaking and self-perceiving country to execute African spring successfully. Burkina Faso was the first African country to launch its African Spring that saw its long time despot Blaise Compaore pulled down before The Gambia replicated the same by showing Jammeh the door. This means, other sister countries under stinking dictators such as Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Togo, Uganda and others need to take a leaf from Sudan. This said, who will follow after Bashir? Time will accurately and timely tell.
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