A few months ago, the world lost two long-serving autocrats in quick succession: Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned on April 2, and Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, who was deposed on April 11. In both cases, the end to their tenure came as a direct result of popular uprising, when scattered opposition movements coalesced to force out corrupt, dictatorial, and repressive leaders. In Algiers, those celebrating Bouteflika’s removal sang in the streets until dawn. In Khartoum, the evening of April 11, strangers broke the fast for Ramadan together in the city’s central boulevard.International celebration of these instances of liberal …read more
Source: The New Republic
