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- Vol 50 No 11
- 29/05/2009
Who's counting?
When Southern Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit said this month that he was 'unhappy and unsatisfied' with the census results, he was pointing to the next major clash between his Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the National Congress Party (...
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15/05/2009
Open sesame
In diplomatic bartering this week, Khartoum offered limited access in Darfur to some affiliates of the 13 Western aid agencies it expelled on 4 March. Yet, at the same time, it has blocked over 350 Darfur civil society delegates from attending a peace con...
- Vol 50 No 9
- 01/05/2009
Who shoots first?
The regimes in N’djamena and Khartoum are preparing for another proxy war, this time with more guns and better technology
- Vol 50 No 9
- 01/05/2009
Warnings
International concern is rising over the North-South peace deal and the national elections due under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. This week, the head of the CPA's Assessment and Evaluation Commission, Sir Derek Plumbly, a British former Ambassado...
- Vol 50 No 7
- 03/04/2009
Air strikes and silence
Why was Khartoum so reluctant to admit that its arms transhipments had been hit by Israeli air strikes?
- Vol 50 No 7
- 03/04/2009
Security in disguise
Khartoum’s expulsion of 13 international non-governmental organisations has provided an opportunity for asset stripping (AC Vol 50 No 6). Instead of handing over premises, equipment and data to other INGOs to maintain the humanitarian pipeline before the ...
- Vol 50 No 6
- 20/03/2009
New battles for Darfur
As some SLM factions regroup, the Justice and Equality Movement tries to position itself for a new order
- Vol 50 No 6
- 20/03/2009
Khartoum fights back
President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir made a long and inflammatory speech at a 16 March ceremony in Khartoum's Green Square. The Sudan Armed Forces, security, militia and police swore an oath of allegiance to him as 'Commander of the mujahideen and th...
- Vol 50 No 5
- 06/03/2009
Omer the outlaw
The Islamist regime shows its true colours as the ICC issues the arrest warrant for President Omer el Beshir
- Vol 50 No 4
- 20/02/2009
Nice enough
Instead of going down in history as the man who prosecuted Slobodan Milosevic for genocide, Sir Geoffrey Nice may be remembered as the man who tried to save Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir from the same charges. In January, Sir Geoffrey, once lead prosecu...
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