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Vol 60 No 4

Published 22nd February 2019


Sudan

Pushing Beshir towards the exit

As protesters keep up the pressure, diplomats are mulling an immunity from prosecution deal for Omer el Beshir to persuade him to quit

After over two months of demonstrations across the country and over 50 civilians killed by security forces, the resilience of the opposition is persuading some foreign governments to reassess their policy towards embattled President Omer Hassan el Beshir. These ideas include an offer to suspend the charges of genocide and war crimes against Beshir at the International Criminal Court if he agrees to quit.

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