- Vol 54 No 9
- 26th April 2013
Under pressure from internal divisions and fighting wars on three fronts, the ruling party is struggling to reinvent itself
- Vol 54 No 9
- 26th April 2013
The coalition of army and security bodies controls the levers of power, with President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir at the top beside the Defence Minister, General Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein (wanted, like Field Marshal Omer, by the International Criminal ...
- Vol 54 No 6
- 15th March 2013
Khartoum has reacted angrily to criticism of the cross-amputation of Adam el Muthna, 30, who had his right hand and left foot cut off last month after being convicted of armed robbery. Huddud punishments, including amputation for theft and stoning to dea...
- Vol 54 No 6
- 15th March 2013
There is widespread optimism that oil will soon again flow from South Sudan to Sudan after a 14-month break since Juba turned off the tap. The two governments agreed on 12 March on a ‘matrix’ to implement the deals they had already signed last September....
- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
The arrival of the latest batch of foreign fighters complicates Khartoum’s tactical options
- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
The latest round of British military cooperation with Sudan under the aegis of its Defence Minister, General Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes, is coming under fire fr...
- Vol 54 No 3
- 1st February 2013
Despite the NCP’s intense efforts to court African governments, the African Union starts to pressure Khartoum
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
Pressure will mount on the ruling party as its political and military opponents reorganise and the economy weakens
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
Only one other head of state stood on the podium beside President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir on 1 January. That was President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia. It was meant to have been a momentous day in the Blue Nile capital, Ed Damazine: to mark Suda...
- Vol 53 No 25
- 14th December 2012
As pressure builds in Khartoum, the grand old man of the Umma Party
tries to win back power