Sudan's youths back on the streets - to ease bus crisis
A Sudanese protester holds a sign reading in Arabic: "Give your brothers and sisters a lift" during a protest in the capital Khartoum on November 11, 2019. Sudan faces a public transport crisis. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP
After a year of mass protests that toppled an autocratic leader, Sudan faces a new kind of chaos—a public transport crisis that's leaving thousands stranded by the dusty roadside.
In the crunch that started several weeks ago, noisy crowds of men and women have jostled desperately for a ride back home when they spotted one of the city's increasingly rare buses.