Once the removal of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir—overthrown by the military on Thursday 11 April—was confirmed, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, emphasised the same day that a military council was not meeting the Sudanese people's expectations for change.
“For months, the people of Sudan have peacefully and with determination called for change. As underlined by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission in his...