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Kuyok Abol Kuyok, Associate Professor of Education, University of Juba

Sudan's university students have a long history of political activism

Student activists have been galvanising forces in several popular uprisings. Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty Images

The latest fighting to erupt in Sudan has plunged the nation into a fresh crisis. Since 15 April, conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces has left nearly 800 people dead and forced about a million others to seek sanctuary abroad. It has disrupted daily life, destroyed property and shut down universities.

It is adult military generals who have created this political abyss. I believe that the country’s young people – particularly its university students – symbolise Sudan’s hopes of reconstructing its future.

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