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- Vol 51 No 6
- 19/03/2010
Death of a Sudanese activist
British police are investigating whether the murder of Sudanese human rights activist Abdel Salam Hassan Abdel Salam in south London on the night of 12-13 March was political or purely criminal. Abdel Salam, 56, who was stabbed to death in a prolonged att...
- Vol 51 No 5
- 05/03/2010
Doubts over Darfur
Foreign governments welcome claims of a peace deal in Darfur but many Sudanese see it as another pre-election trick by Khartoum
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
Quiet trips to DC
The National Congress Party (aka National Islamic Front) wants to stop the world challenging its planned April election victory. A quiet push last month on debt relief and the United States’ sanctions may not succeed this year but the diplomacy boosts the...
- Vol 51 No 3
- 05/02/2010
Southern leaders compete for a new state
There are fears that the thrice-delayed national elections, now due on 8 April, could trigger an escalation of fighting in Darfur and the South, given the probability that few will accept the results as free and fair. The Khartoum regime has failed to imp...
- Vol 51 No 3
- 05/02/2010
Three leaders who count in the South
Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, Government of South Sudan, Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, GOSS Vice-President, and Paulino Matip Nhial, Lieutenant General, SPLA-SSDF.
- Vol 51 No 1
- 08/01/2010
Vote early, vote often
This year’s elections and constitutional negotiations will test the Islamist clique which has held power since the 1989 putsch
- Vol 50 No 25
- 18/12/2009
North and South protest against the NCP election plan
Demonstrators demand political reforms before the 2010 elections
- Vol 50 No 23
- 20/11/2009
UN investigators challenge Khartoum
A UN report says the Darfur war is far from over and Khartoum is the main protagonist and procurer of arms
- Vol 50 No 21
- 23/10/2009
Washington unveils its new policy as tension rises throughout Sudan
Amid a spreading feeling at home and abroad that Sudan may be at a crossroads, the United States announced its long-postponed policy. This departs from the usual cautious diplomacy of interested governments by leaving the National Congress Party in no dou...
- Vol 50 No 20
- 08/10/2009
Opposition in search of unity
The Northern opposition and the SPLM combine to pressure the Khartoum government on elections and human rights
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