Vol 56 No 9 | SUDAN The President’s new clothes 1st May 2015 With an official turnout of less than half of the registered voters in the 13-16 April elections, President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir consoled himself with a dictator-level major...
Vol 56 No 8 | SUDAN A no vote election 17th April 2015 The pitiful turnout in the 13-16 April elections defeats the government's aim in organising them. The only queues which journalists and activists found to photograph were of police...
Vol 56 No 7 | SUDAN Fresh doubts over polls 3rd April 2015 The government shuns its own National Dialogue policy, raising more questions about this month’s elections The ruling National Congress Party (NCP)'s refusal to attend a preparatory meeting with the opposition Sudan Call Forces in Addis Ababa on 29-30 March suggests it has dumped its ow...
Vol 56 No 7 | SUDAN Positive deterrence 3rd April 2015 Labelled 'Top Secret', a National Congress Party document, '2015 Elections: An organisational perspective', leaked out late last year. The 28-page NCP strategy was dated January 20...
Vol 56 No 7 | SUDAN One-way ticket 31st March 2015 The government tries to distance itself from the radicalisation of seven British-Sudanese students at a private medical school in Khartoum The Islamist organisation in Khartoum which helped to radicalise seven British-Sudanese medical students who went to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria was disbanded da...
Vol 56 No 5 | SUDAN To vote, talk or fight 6th March 2015 As the regime starts election campaigning, opposition parties boycott en masse and plan for political change As President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir launched his re-election campaign at Merrikh football stadium in Omdurman on 24 February, police were breaking up protests across the Nile ...
Vol 56 No 4 | SUDAN After prayers, no miracles 19th February 2015 Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Kurti must have prayed that his presence at the United States 'National Prayer Breakfast' on 5 February and talks with US officials would yield a miracle...
Vol 56 No 2 | SUDAN More presidential powers 23rd January 2015 As the regime clamps down further, a united opposition looks to the future This year the National Congress Party (NCP) government faces a more united and effective opposition and a free-falling oil price which will more than halve export earnings. On top ...
Vol 55 No 25 | SUDAN The opposition shows a new political will 17th December 2014 A united front of activists, politicians and fighters against Khartoum changes the political balance The armed and civilian oppositionists signing the unity accord known as 'Sudan Call' in Addis Ababa on 3 December quickly triggered serious reactions. Three days later, the Khartou...
Vol 55 No 25 | SUDANUNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNION Rape row 19th December 2014 A diplomatic row has erupted over the failure of the United Nations and African Union to investigate reports that Sudanese troops and allied militia raped some 200 women and childr...
