We saw a great deal of coverage of the protests in Sudan last week.  See below for a few of the more nuanced takes on the situation.

On the ground:

• The crackdown on Sudanese protesters by the Khartoum regime continues – more teargas and use of force after Friday prayers.
• Sudanese activist Dawod is charged with terrorism.  Spokesperson for Girifna, Arabic for “We’re Fed Up,” a pro-democracy student network campaigning for the removal of Bashir’s regime, reasons “this may be our tipping point.”
• An unrepentant al-Bashir on Sudan’s recent protests: “They talk of an Arab Spring. Let me tell them that in Sudan we have a hot summer, a burning hot summer that burns its enemies.”
• Human Rights Watch reports that as many as 2000 protestors have been detained since June, incarcerated in detention centers where they are at high risk for torture and other abuse.

• If you are not up-t0-date on the protests as they have evolved, you may find excellent overviews at Enough.  As our partners there noted, the most recent round of protests began as student-led demonstrations, and have since spread to broader and more unified sectors of the community.
• For a thoughtful take on what could be next for Sudan (considering topics ranging from the possible ouster of the regime, the formation of the SRF, the viability of a sustainable “retreat” for the NCP, the loosening of ties between the “conglomerate of various interest groups” that hold power in Sudan due to sanctions and the as-yet-to-be-decided case of oil revenues, popular response to austerity measures and the relative power of students, the short-lived but effective April occupation of Heglig by the SPLA, etc), see “Sudan on the Brink: a Khartoum Spring?” Reporter Armin Rosen quotes Professor Abdullahi Gallab saying “There is no regime now. The only thing that is intact or semi-intact are tools of oppression.”
• Covering much of the same territory, with deeper coverage of protests and exploring parallels to Arab Spring uprisings and past Sudanese protests, see “An Arab Spring for Sudan.” The reporter notes “The protests, however, do not seem to have achieved critical mass.”