Egyptian leaders seemed to signal their preference for the former (which France then went around quietly backing) when they hosted a closed meeting with President Hosni Mubarak for El Sadig el Mahdi (Umma Party) Mohamed Osman el Mirghani (Democratic Unionist Party) John Garang (SPLA) and Farouk Abu Eissa (left-wing former Foreign Minister and NDA spokesman)...
Umma boss El Sadig el Mahdi has just formally asked IGAD to help to organise the opposition's long mooted ‘national constitutional conference'...
* Umma: in southern perception most ruthless protagonist of war when in power; agreed referendum and boss El Sadig el Mahdi has said independence possible; many fear backsliding...
The NIF is courting both the old parties especially the Umma where Turabi's wife Wisal el Mahdi has been roped in to seek reconciliation with her brother El Sadig el Mahdi...
Two days later Umma Party chief El Sadig el Mahdi rushed to Cairo...
Abdel Aziz (AC Vol 38 No 10) is being accorded equivalent and sometimes higher access than was ex-Premier El Sadig el Mahdi during his May visit...
El Sadig el Mahdi tabled a proposal to return to the parliamentary system as it was before the 1989 coup a deal that would give the Umma the largest share with the DUP second...
