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The end of Bashir offers sobering lessons for Africa’s strongmen

The inevitable happened to yet another African strongman. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir stepped down after 30 years in power yesterday.

In the end just like he did to his predecessor, Bashir, who many believed lived by the sword, fell by it. The military overthrew him in a bloodless coup yesterday morning following months of mass protests at the capital Khartoum over the price of bread and fuel and cash shortages.

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