Sudan Protests Escalate as Mediation Efforts Gain Momentum

People chant slogans as a young man recites a poem, illuminated by mobile phones, before the opposition's direct dialog with people in Khartoum, Sudan on June 19, 2019.YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images

NAIROBI, Kenya—Violence and civil unrest continue in Sudan even as mediation efforts spearheaded by the African Union are gaining momentum.

“The polarization is still dominant but we are waiting for the mediators to break the deadlock,” Hassan Hajji Ali, a professor of political science from the University of Khartoum, told The Epoch Times from the Sudanese capital.