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Spotlight SUDAN 19/04/2019

‘The Fall of Political Islam', Act One

Mohamed Hamdan Dalgo ( left), facing Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of TMC, is appointed as his n°2. ©Reuters

With the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir on 10 April, the Muslim Brotherhood has lost Khartoum. But the deep state is well-anchored and will not be washed away so easily, not least because it is being buoyed up by the United [...] (641 words)

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