Vol 54 No 9 | SUDAN Rifts in the regime 26th April 2013 The coalition of army and security bodies controls the levers of power, with President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir at the top beside the Defence Minister, General Abdel...
Vol 54 No 6 | SUDAN 'Cruel and inhumane' 15th March 2013 Khartoum has reacted angrily to criticism of the cross-amputation of Adam el Muthna, 30, who had his right hand and left foot cut off last month after being...
Vol 54 No 6 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN Tap dancing 15th March 2013 There is widespread optimism that oil will soon again flow from South Sudan to Sudan after a 14-month break since Juba turned off the tap. The two...
Vol 54 No 4 | MALISUDAN Jihadists from Mali in Darfur 15th February 2013 The arrival of the latest batch of foreign fighters complicates Khartoum’s tactical options The Khartoum regime’s ties with Islamists in the region are under scrutiny again following the arrival in Darfur of jihadists retreating from the French military campaign in northern...
Vol 54 No 4 | SUDANBRITAIN British military aid for Sudan 15th February 2013 The latest round of British military cooperation with Sudan under the aegis of its Defence Minister, General Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, who is wanted by the International Criminal...
Vol 54 No 3 | SUDAN Losing ground at the AU 1st February 2013 Despite the NCP’s intense efforts to court African governments, the African Union starts to pressure Khartoum The growing seriousness of the disputes between the Khartoum and Juba governments was clear at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa when Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan convened...
Vol 54 No 1 | SUDAN Khartoum in a corner 10th January 2013 Pressure will mount on the ruling party as its political and military opponents reorganise and the economy weakens Two pressing challenges – the failing economy and a more effective opposition – will confront the National Congress Party regime this year. There is no prospect of...
Vol 54 No 1 | SUDAN Omer el Beshir’s New Year’s Party 10th January 2013 Only one other head of state stood on the podium beside President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir on 1 January. That was President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia....
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Triangular relations 4th April 2013 China may be a weapon which Khartoum and Juba use in their conflicts but oil interests lock all three parties into a triangular relationship On 15 March, President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir sent a message of congratulations to China’s new President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, who officially assumed...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 | SUDAN Ali Mahmoud Abdul Rasul 11th February 2013 Minister of Finance and National Economy, Sudan Finance Minister Ali Mahmoud Abdul Rasul announced on 17 January that his National Congress Party government had secured a US$1.5 billion loan from the state-run China Development Bank....