Peter Bechtold

Peter Bechtold is Senior Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Portland State University and the author of Politics in the Sudan (Westview Press).

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What the Press Gets Wrong about the Sudan Crisis: It isn’t (Mainly) about Secular Democracy

Peter Bechtold

Portland, Or. (Informed Comment) – Almost all reporting on the Sudan crisis has in common is that the reports have been uneven or flat-out incorrect. This pattern has persisted with the coverage of the uprisings against military rule earlier this year, primarily in the characterization of severe conflicts between the Sudanese military and democracy-seeking revolutionaries. […]