'Automatically people just went out protesting'

It has been hard to organise resistance with restricted internet access, activist Mai told Middle East Eye, “but the resistance committees have had two years to equip themselves with all sorts of contingency plans… they’ve had alternative plans in case this happens or that happens… They know it’s not going to be an easy ride, but they are determined and the people are determined as well.”

Another activist, Dallia, alongside Mai in Khartoum, added over the phone: “This time we didn’t need to organise, automatically people just went out protesting. The military and their allies were shocked at the sheer number of people who went out in support of the civilian government. They really thought [Prime Minister Abdalla] Hamdok and his government did not have the widespread support that they do, and they still do.”