Sudan has been gripped by political deadlock since generals ousted longtime president Omar al-Bashir in a
palace coup in April following months of mass protests nationwide.
The military toppled the president in a
palace coup on April 11, but replaced him with a council formed entirely of generals, prompting protesters to accuse it of trying to hijack their "revolution".
As I pen these words, news has just arrived that, as predicted in your article, both Algeria's Bouteflika and our own Bashir have been ousted--the first has had the decency to step down while the latter was deposed through a
palace coup. But with his chief henchman, the dreaded Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf promoting himself as chairman of the military council, this looks like a cosmetic exercise.
We are calling for the regime to step down, not only Bashir." Analysts said that Bashir's overthrow in a
palace coup made the transition to democracy in Sudan a more distant prospect.
The army removed their former colleague President Omar al Bashir
palace coup in the Sudan on Thursday.
The story so far goes something like this: Act I saw the shocking arrest of Ghosn at the hands of the Japanese on allegations of financial misconduct, including using company funds for personal investments and misusing corporate assets, which bore the hallmarks of a
palace coup against France's dominance.
Or is it that there was no revolution at all but a game of smoke and mirrors, a
palace coup, in which a tyrant was replaced by an even more heavy-handed strongman?I have received photos of what appears to be bodies in the streets.
In true Soviet style, he remains more afraid of a
palace coup than a public uprising.
Officers of the Sudanese army were captured on smartphone cameras mingling with protestors in Atbara and Gedaref and almost immediately rumours of an impending army-orchestrated
palace coup to sideline President Bashir were the headlines of people news on WhatsApp groups and social media.
Mukherjee was part of the group, or perhaps its leader, that went after Kesri in what can only be described as a
palace coup. Kesri saw himself as a Gandhi loyalist and didn't know what hit him.
There, she encounters a deadly
palace coup that propels her and her friends on a rescue mission that takes them to the menacing lands of Oz, Neverland, Limbo, and Sleepy Hollow.
The Economist and many world press outfits fondly dubbed it '
palace coup'.