Sudanese youth making online effort for peaceful overthrow
Thousands of young Sudanese began a large-scale campaign on social networking sites on the Internet to rally support for their plan to overthrow the government through peaceful protests. The Sudanese activists appear to have been encouraged by the success of the Tunisian people, who last week ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after weeks of protests.
Thousands of young Sudanese began a large-scale campaign on social networking sites on the Internet to rally support for their plan to overthrow the government through peaceful protests. The Sudanese activists appear to have been encouraged by the success of the Tunisian people, who last week ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after weeks of protests.The effort follows student protests last week at multiple cities across the North, which took aim at rising prices of goods after the government slashed subsidies on fuel and sugar. The campaign is also timed for the 1985 popular uprising that contributed to the overthrow of President Gaafar Nimeiri in 1985 after 16 years of dictatorship.
Youth used the website Facebook, as well as text messages and popular Sudanese sites, to call on Sudanese families to light a candle in their homes every night at 7:00, for a period of 30 minutes, starting on Saturday. The candle-lighting is an expression of peaceful protest against the difficult living conditions and high prices.
An SLM rebel leader in Asmara¸ representing the Khamis Abdullah faction, hailed the uprising of the Tunisian people and stressed that what was today’s revolution in Tunisia will be tomorrow’s in Sudan. Another SLM official in Juba, representing the Minni Minawi faction, said that the movement would serve as the muscle to protect the coming popular uprising in Sudan.
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