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Sudan

Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir

Date of Birth: 1 January 1944
Place of Birth: Hoshe Bannaga


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The securocrats get stronger

President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir had hoped that the planned return of veteran politician El Sadig el Mahdi after two years of exile in Egypt would give a veneer of credibility to the political talks...

Omer el Beshir has been quietly purging the army of the Sa'aihoun group we hear (AC Vol 54 No 9 Rifts in the regime)...

Omer el Beshir's recent flying visit to Saudi Arabia seems to have been partly about money...


Did Khartoum cross the line?

That's because President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's regime blocks all access to Jebel Marra Central Darfur where it now concentrates most of its attacks...


EU tiptoes into minefield

The EU insists the expenditure will be closely monitored to avoid its diversion or support for other actions by the Islamist government: President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity...


Finally, the AU moves in

It was irresponsible…' Sudan's President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir attended the African Union summit in Kigali on 17 July and offered troops for the planned intervention force...


Democrats under fire

Africa votes in 2016 Country Date Type Uganda February General Yoweri Museveni repressed opposition and fixed vote CAR February-March Presidential & legislative Sporadic organisational problems Niger February-March Presidential & legislative Mahamadou Issoufou won presidential vote in 2nd round after fixes Cape Verde March Legislative Widely seen as credible Benin March Presidential Over 30 contenders and credible poll Congo-Brazzaville March Presidential Denis Sassou-Nguesso pushed constitutional changes fixed election Tanzania (Zanzibar) March Regional Zanzibar election rerun widely condemned Senegal March Referendum Credible vote after hesitation on reforms Comoros February-April Presidential Constitutional court to decide on 2nd round vote Sudan April Referendum on Darfur Omer el Beshir repressed opposition fixed vote threatens new offensive Equatorial Guinea April Presidential Teodoro Obiang repressed opposition and fixed vote Chad April Presidential Idriss Déby Itno repressed opposition and fixed vote Djibouti April Presidential Ismaïl Omar Guelleh repressed opposition and fixed vote Gabon August Presidential Ali Ben Bongo in tight race history of fixing Zambia August Presidential Edgar Lungu in tight race; his supporters threaten opposition Cape Verde August Presidential Shootings raise tension South Africa August Local elections Critical test of Jacob Zuma's leadership...

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Darfur votes under fire

President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir warned last week that the referendum was not about 'self-determination' and that there would be 'no more talks' with Darfur groups afterwards...

Sudanese critics put this down to President Jacob Zuma's cosy relationship with Omer el Beshir (see Box Mbeki riles the opposition and AC Vol 56 No 13 Fugitive flees as courts sidelined)...

This latest row over the government-opposition talks evidently helps President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's regime...


The power struggle after Hassan el Turabi

However the immediate beneficiary of El Turabi's demise is President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir whose status as national leader faces no direct challenge from within the regime and among its acolytes...

For most Sudanese he was the architect of the repressive regime of the National Congress Party (NCP) headed by President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir...

Ali el Haj wants a political rapprochement with Omer el Beshir who doesn't like him...

99: President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir decrees state of emergency and ousts El Turabi from National Congress Party (NCP) who soon founds Popular Congress Party...


The long arm of Al Qaida

President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's National Congress Party regime is reported to have received over US$1 billion from Saudi for sending ground troops to Yemen...


Peace deal stalls again

' On 27 January Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir ordered the border reopened: its closure had cost Sudan US$7 billion the government had said earlier...


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