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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 43 No 23
  • 22/11/2002

Death in Darfur

Despite the Machakos peace talks, government atrocities continue in Darfur

  • Vol 43 No 17
  • 30/08/2002

Not forgotten

The anniversary of the 11 September attacks has brought a surprise for the National Islamic Front government: the demand by over 600 victims' relatives for more than US$1 trillion in damages. 'The Republic of Sudan' is the only state defendant in a civil ...

  • Vol 43 No 16
  • 09/08/2002

Muddying Machakos

The gap widens between interpretations of last month's peace agreement

  • Vol 43 No 15
  • 26/07/2002

Calling the shots at Machakos

Arch manipulation of American and British peacemakers buys the NIF another six and a half years' time

  • Vol 43 No 15
  • 26/07/2002

Who is Sulaf?

Hot on the heels of the Machakos Protocol signed in Kenya on 20 July, Relationships Foundation International held its own fifth round of peace talks from 22 July in Britain. This week's meeting saw some interesting people closeted in Stevenage. One guest...

  • Vol 43 No 10
  • 17/05/2002

The fire does not cease

The opposition complains that a US-brokered ceasefire helps the Khartoum government

  • Vol 43 No 9
  • 03/05/2002

The Carlos card

The odd agreement between Khartoum and Kampala allowing Ugandan troops into Sudan to attack the Lord's Resistance Army was renewed last week till mid-May. For both sides this has more to do with short-term advantage than reconciliation. President Yoweri M...

  • Vol 43 No 8
  • 19/04/2002

Asian interests

India's state-owned ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) and Indian Oil Corporation are in talks to buy Talisman Energy's Sudan operations. Canada's Talisman is under pressure because of the National Islamic Front government's use of oil income to fund its war and is j...

  • Vol 43 No 6
  • 22/03/2002

Pals with Pal

Is southern Sudan, already burdened with enough problems of its own, becoming enmeshed in another proxy war on its border with Ethiopia? Such fears follow the arrival in eastern Sudan of some 400 armed Ethiopian dissidents loyal to the ex-Governor of Gamb...

  • Vol 43 No 5
  • 08/03/2002

Oilfield, battlefield

The opposition regroups and threatens Khartoum's control of the oilfields

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