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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Will Protests in Sudan Bring Down the Genocidal Regime of Omar al Bashir?
Description: A protest movement in Sudan is posing the biggest challenge to the genocidal regime of Omar al Bashir in decades. The protests began just before Christmas, ostensibly over an increase in the price of bread and they quickly spread. Predictably, the regime has responded with violence but nevertheless, these protests persist. On the line with me to discuss the origins of this protest movement, how it spread and whether or not it may take down the nearly thirty year reign of Omar al Bashir is Zachariah Cherian Mampilly. Â He is a professor of political science and international studies a...