A second North African autocrat is on the verge of being felled this month by massive popular protests: Call it Arab Spring 2.0. With the military in Sudan surrounding his presidential palace, reports of Omar al-Bashir’s ouster are something few imagined when increases in bread prices triggered nationwide protests in December that never stopped. For the ailing Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algeria, the spark was his attempt to extend his two-decade rule.
