But the core group around Ali Ahmed Karti still seeks a restoration of Ingaz – authoritarian rule under the NCP/NIF with full enforcement of the harshest variant of sharia (Islamic law) (AC Vol 50 No 13 Coup anniversary – 20 years of Islamist rule Vol 42 No 16 Delusions of peace & Vol 66 No 1 Region will be key in bid to end war)...
These are now led by former Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti and ex-chair of the NCP Ahmad Mohamed Haroun...
He could not reassure his interlocutors about Islamist influence among his supporters and reacted angrily when the Sudan Tribune – one of the country's most respected news websites – reported that he had met influential former foreign minister Ali Ahmed Karti and other prominent Islamists a few hours before departing for meetings in Saudi Arabia in late September (AC Vol 63 No 10 Burhan lets the Islamists back in)...
Multiple sources in the country have told us its military tactics on 15 April were coordinated by a militia group under the authority of veteran Islamist Ali Ahmed Karti (former PDF commander and Foreign Minister) and Usama Abdallah (former manager of the Merowe Dam)...
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To reassert his command over the SAF Burhan may arrest of the Islamist leader former NCP minister and head of the Popular Defence Forces Ali Ahmed Karti...
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These include men such as Ali Ahmed Karti a foreign minister and powerful paramilitary leader under Beshir who is on the board of Zadna and Dan Fodio Holdings...
◆ Ali Ahmed Karti: a wealthy businessman and the Secretary-General of the Sudanese Islamic Movement (SIM) the movement that once helped underpin Beshir's regime...
His promotion may be linked to being the son-in-law of Ali Ahmed Karti a die-hard Islamist who was the head of the Popular Defence Forces before becoming foreign minister from 2010 to 2015 and a very wealthy businessman...
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