Sunday, October 30, 2011

Students Lead Anti-Government Protest in Sudan

Students organized an anti-government protest in the eastern Sudan town of Kassala today, centered on poverty and overall inflation in the country. The protest, which included hundreds of young Sudanese, is a promising step for the people of Sudan. Though small in scale, hopefully increased pressure will continue to be put on a regime that has severly lacked accountability in its actions for over 20 years. Even before the North-South split that cut deeply into the North's oil revenue stream, the Sudan government has never really shown any sort of fiscal responsiblity, or responsibility of any sort for that matter. Now as the country tries to diversify its trade assets, corruption and the lack of governmental planning are chief reasons why the economy is regressing and the people are suffering at even greater rates. Protests like these need to amplify so the government feels enough pressure to reform and improve, or so it can be replaced by (hopefully), a brighter and less morally reprehensible government.

http://af/reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5E7LU0LC20111030

David Johnson

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