EDITORIAL: Over the course of his three decades in power, Omar al-Bashir outsmarted and outfought his enemies at every turn. Ultimately, however, there was one enemy that Bashir could not defy: his own people.
Over the course of his three decades in power, Omar al-Bashir outsmarted and outfought his enemies at every turn. Through a combination of extreme violence and skillful politicking, he saw off threats from within his own ruling party, from rebel groups in almost every corner of the country, from rivals in the region, from the superpowers who wanted him gone and from the International Criminal Court, which wanted to arrest and prosecute him for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
Bashir is not the only dictator to be toppled this month. Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced out last week, also following months of mass demonstrations. There is a lesson here for other would-be presidents for life: it may take time, but in the end, the people always get their way. But in the experience of recently toppled dictators lies a warning for the protesters too, who will be deliriously celebrating this weekend on the streets of Khartoum, Port Sudan and Omdurman. Those celebrations have been well earned, but they may also be premature.
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