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Blankets n’ Wine: Youth have left Bashir behind

Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's ousted president, at the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on December 31, 2018. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

By  Charles Onyango-Obbo

Columnist

Two years ago, Khartoum was not in the top 15 African cities in terms of size.

By 2100, it will be among the 10 biggest cities in the world. In fact, it will be the sixth largest, with nearly 60 million people.

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