Mr Bashir's inability to manage a shortage of foreign exchange that sent inflation soaring and hammered living standards was the cause for his downfall, the report says.

Protests against his government began in December and were mostly about economic issues but later morphed into pressure to remove him from office.

The same issues forced long-standing rulers from Algeria to Zimbabwe to leave office.

Sudan’s economic woes can be traced back to the secession of South Sudan in 2011, which saw it lose almost all its oil fields and 60% of fiscal revenue.

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For autocratic leaders seeking lessons from the toppling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, avoiding a currency crisis may be the key to survival.

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