Unfinished business in the birthplace of Sudan's revolution
A train carrying protesters from Atbara, the birthplace of an uprising that toppled Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir, approaches a Khartoum train station to support demonstrators camped at a sit-in outside the defence ministry compound, in Khartoum, Sudan, April 23, 2019. PHOTO | UMIT BEKTAS | REUTERS
Standing on the platform where he and other protesters packed a train to Khartoum in April to pressure Sudan’s military to share power with civilians, Abdelaziz Abdallah made clear the revolution driven by their city has much further to go.
A veteran railway worker-turned union leader, Abdallah was among the first to take to the streets in this labour stronghold in December, sparking a national uprising that toppled long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir almost four months later.
