Vol 55 No 13 | SUDAN Unhappy birthday 27th June 2014 A quarter of a century after seizing power, the Islamist regime in Khartoum has nothing to celebrate, not even the success of its own 'Salvation Revolution'. It is besieged on all fronts While leaders fight for power, the economy is in a dire state, nearly half the population is officially below the poverty line, the opposition is steadily gaining political...
Vol 55 No 13 | SUDAN Political parties and the government 27th June 2014 Sudan's history of multiparty democracy has been interrupted by three periods of dictatorship but that of the National Islamic Front-National Congress Party is by far the longest. The...
Vol 55 No 13 | SUDAN Sudan's Islamist regime: key dates 27th June 2014 Islamism is a 20th century ideology but one idealising the borderless caliphates of the seventh century. The movement began in 1928 when Hassan el Banna (22) founded the...
Vol 55 No 12 | SUDANIRAN The Red Sea missile drama 5th June 2014 Fearing reprisals from Saudi Arabia and Israel, Khartoum turns down Tehran's offer to build missile launch pads near Port Sudan Just how close are relations between the Islamist regimes in Khartoum and Tehran? The headline from Iran's Fars News Agency on 4 June – 'Iran, Sudan Discuss Expansion...
Vol 55 No 12 | EGYPTLIBYASUDAN Cairo leans on Khartoum 13th June 2014 Tension is still rising between Khartoum and Cairo as Egypt's new leader President Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi sets out his strategic priorities. Top of the list is...
Vol 55 No 11 | SUDAN Chaos theory 30th May 2014 Past-masters at confusing both adversaries and outsiders, the Khartoum regime is tripping over its own feet Khartoum's political leaders are fuelling a crisis they were trying to forestall. The regime this month deployed three brigades of paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to protect the capital....
Vol 55 No 8 | EGYPTSUDAN Saudi Arabia targets Khartoum 18th April 2014 The National Congress Party’s support for Egypt’s Muslim Brothers is exacting a heavy political and economic cost Financial sanctions on Sudan by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are a political warning shot. The immediate targets are Khartoum's backing for Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood...
Vol 55 No 1 | SUDAN Staking it all on survival 10th January 2014 This year will be about political survival for the regime and Omer el Beshir; and physical survival for many Sudanese trapped in war and poverty 2014 is constitutionally designated as President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir’s last full year in power. The year will be devoted to trying to ensure that Field Marshal...
Vol 54 No 25 | EGYPTETHIOPIASUDANITALY Secrets of the dam builder 12th December 2013 Sudan has now thrown its weight behind the Millennium Dam, at a time when curiosity about the contractor, Salini, was already growing As Egyptian, Ethiopian and Sudanese ministers sat down to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on 9 December, one item was notably absent from the agenda. The role...
Vol 54 No 25 | EGYPTETHIOPIASUDAN Shoring up regional support 12th December 2013 After a period of defiant independence, Addis Ababa has now, belatedly perhaps, built strong diplomatic support behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Before the joint meeting of the...