Sudan

Sudan

Population: 37 million
GNI: $29900 million
Debt: $11700 million
Overview:

President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's National Congress will fight on several fronts: suppressing rebellions in Darfur and undermining the weak UN mission; in proxy wars with Chad and the Central African Republic; and keeping pressure on South Sudan.

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  • Vol 46 No 4
  • 18/02/2005

East of the border

SLA fighters try to overthrow their leader while the NMRD demonstrates its affinity with Chad

  • Vol 46 No 4
  • 18/02/2005

Who's who on Darfur?

The United Nations International Commission of Inquiry's report into the atrocities in Darfur names 51 individuals it recommends for prosecution at the International Criminal Court. The file has been sealed, to be opened only by a 'competent prosecutor...

  • Vol 46 No 4
  • 18/02/2005

Every single day

As the killings continue, at last the UN considers sanctions, peacekeepers and prosecutions

  • Vol 46 No 3
  • 04/02/2005

Who's spooking who?

Reports that British intelligence is training Sudan government spies raise awkward questions about policy following the 1 February release of a 244-page United Nations report detailing the involvement of Khartoum's security services in crimes against h...

  • Vol 46 No 2
  • 21/01/2005

Joy in the South, silence in the North

The peace deal shores up the regime but raises doubts about the eventual plan for Southern independence

  • Vol 46 No 2
  • 21/01/2005

West of the border

While accelerating its military build up in Darfur, the National Islamic Front government signed a peace deal on 7 January with the mysterious new rebel group, the National Movement for Reform and Development. The first noticeable action of the NMRD la...

  • Vol 46 No 2
  • 21/01/2005

Capital concerns

The temporary capital of Southern Sudan will be Rumbek, home to the South's first secondary school and, since its recapture by the Sudan People's Liberation Army in 1997, the base for the larger international relief agencies and their key intermediary ...

  • Vol 45 No 23
  • 19/11/2004

Murder by any name

The NIF keeps killing; the West offers aid and debt relief

  • Vol 45 No 21
  • 22/10/2004

Specially designated

After declaring the Islamic African Relief Agency and five senior officials 'Specially Designated Global Terrorists' on 13 October, the United States may now ask the United Nations Sanctions Committee to include IARA on its 'asset freeze list'.

  • Vol 45 No 19
  • 24/09/2004

Spinning on the edge

As Western governments fumble for a policy, the NIF keeps up the dissembling

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