Vol 52 No 6 | SUDANUNITED STATES Questions on terror 18th March 2011 Just as the United States was preparing to remove the Sudan regime from its State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list, Khartoum has a hosted a conference of international Islamists, including some...
Vol 52 No 5 | SUDAN Democracy heads south 4th March 2011 Political tactics or public relations? The announcement of President Omer’s exit points to jitters in the ruling National Congress Party The prospect of President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir stepping down reflects the ruling National Congress Party’s dilemma over how to tackle growing domestic and regional calls for political change and...
Vol 52 No 4 | SUDAN Militia massacres 18th February 2011 The death of perhaps 200 people this month, mainly civilian returnees, in attacks in Jonglei State, Southern Sudan, show the havoc that one militia can wreak. This militia...
Vol 52 No 3 | SUDAN Through the looking glass 4th February 2011 There are growing concerns about the two million Southerners living in the north after last month's vote for separation Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of Africa's newest state in July, was in demand at the 24-31 January African Union summit in Addis Ababa. In the AU conference centre, he was...
Vol 52 No 3 | SUDAN Militia attacks on the border 4th February 2011 Brutal attacks last month by armed militias on convoys of Southern Sudanese returning from the North show the security crisis in the borderlands and the danger of war over Abyei...
Vol 52 No 2 | SUDAN Birth of a nation 21st January 2011 After the jubilation of the referendum vote, six months of tough negotiation and rough politics will lead up to the birth of independent Southern Sudan Joy reigned from Australia to North America and all over Sudan, especially in the 2,600 polling stations where over 3.9 million people voted in the South, as the...
Vol 52 No 2 | SUDAN The Tunis effect 21st January 2011 ‘Tunus, Tunus fis Sudan!’ (‘Tunis, Tunis in Sudan!’) shouted demonstrators outside Sudan’s London Embassy on 16 January. They were few but the protest is still a landmark. Several...
Vol 52 No 2 | SUDAN The Abyei crucible 21st January 2011 As Southern Sudan celebrates, neighbouring Abyei is a war zone. Clashes began on 7 January between a Northern Missiriya militia and well trained Southern commandos wearing police uniforms....
Vol 52 No 1 | SUDAN Freedom – North and South 7th January 2011 As Southerners vote to secede from the North, some Northern politicians see a chance to undermine the NCP regime in Khartoum As Southern Sudanese prepare to celebrate independence after the 9-15 January referendum, Northern oppositionists talk of overthrowing the ruling National Congress Party. They have not spoken out so...
Vol 52 No 1 | SUDAN Careful what you wear 7th January 2011 After a film of a woman screaming in pain as Khartoum policemen whipped her for wearing trousers had gone around the world on the internet, the Government of...