https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/3d65eea1-9e62-4f64-8b17-d10df1efb946 Following the 2019 uprising that deposed longtime leader Omar Bashir, Sudan is suffering from an economic disaster, another military coup, neoliberal rot and foreign interference from countries in the region and the West. To understand what’s happening and why, Rania Khalek was joined by Magdi El Gizouli, a Sudanese academic and fellow of the Rift Valley Institute, as well as frequent commentator and writer on Sudanese affairs on his blog Still Sudan. Listen to Dispatches with Rania Khalek anywhere you get podcasts. Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK TIME CODES 0:00 Intro 2:02 2019 uprising: What happened & why? 12:05 What are the military’s interests? 14:38 Foreign influence: Egypt, Israel & the Gulf 18:45 Importance of oil to Sudan’s economy 22:34 Consequences of neoliberalism 27:14 Debt, Inflation, hunger & Western duplicity 35:32 IMF pushing removal of subsidies 42:03 1964 failed revolution 46:48 Failed uprisings around the world and capitalist rot 54:50 What did Sudan do in Darfur? 1:01:27 South Sudan 1:04:23 How Ethiopia’s war & dam impact Sudan 1:10:37 Why Omar Bashir’s shifting positions couldn’t save him 1:14:24 Sudan’s integration into the pro-Israel regional security architecture 1:19:57 Why has hunger in the countryside increased? Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:31:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/3d65eea1-9e62-4f64-8b17-d10df1efb946 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.