While there had been tensions between military and civilian leaders sharing power, the timing was daring, seen as an insult. In Omdurman, young volunteers run local service committees that ensure essentials such as bread, sugar and cooking gas. They have become the pro-democracy organisers mobilising residents. They arrange mass demonstrations, neighbourhood rallies, vigils and erect barricades. Those under age 30 make up 65% of Sudan’s population, want their voices heard despite attempts to silence them, undermining progress, namely the civilian-led transitional government. BBC
