Vol 51 No 8 | SUDAN An election victory that widens the North-South gap 16th April 2010 Western governments accept the regime’s rigged victory in exchange for what they hope will be a Southern referendum Long before voting started on 11 April, it was clear that the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Khartoum would maintain its iron grip on power and that...
Vol 51 No 8 | SUDAN Election-rigging guide book 16th April 2010 Interested governments may turn a deaf ear but the opposition is making sure no one, at home or abroad, can credibly claim the 2010 elections were free and...
Vol 51 No 8 | SUDAN A moral dilemma 16th April 2010 There was no election boycott in Darfur by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, Ibrahim Agboola Gambari told Jimmy Carter on 10 April. The United States’ ex-President then told...
Vol 51 No 7 | SUDANANALYSIS As elections arrive, the opposition shuns Omer 2nd April 2010 Sudan is set to become the first country to elect an indicted war criminal as president. Yet the elections are deemed so unlikely to be free and fair that, as AC went to press, the focus was on the extent and effects of the opposition boycott. Oppositionists argued there was little to be gained by participating and lending credence to the elections as the regime had rigged a victory with a manipulated census and elector registration, gerrymandered constituency boundaries and used state funds to buy loyalty. In the face of blatant preparations for election rigging, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement decided on 31 March to boycott the national presidential election and all elections in...
Vol 51 No 7 | SUDAN The most complex elections 2nd April 2010 The combination of one of the most elaborate and time-consuming electoral systems and mass illiteracy across most of the country virtually guarantees chaos in Sudan's elections on 11-13...
Vol 51 No 7 | SUDAN The many ways to win the elections 2nd April 2010 Independent analysts identify Khartoum's efforts to rig the polls and logistical difficulties (which the regime can exploit).
Vol 51 No 6 | SUDANBRITAIN Death of a Sudanese activist 19th March 2010 British police are investigating whether the murder of Sudanese human rights activist Abdel Salam Hassan Abdel Salam in south London on the night of 12-13 March was political...
Vol 51 No 5 | SUDAN Doubts over Darfur 5th March 2010 Foreign governments welcome claims of a peace deal in Darfur but many Sudanese see it as another pre-election trick by Khartoum The latest Darfur peace deal announced on 23 February meets the strategic aims of the ruling National Congress Party (aka National Islamic Front, NIF): to consolidate a fragmented...
Vol 51 No 4 | SUDANUNITED STATES Quiet trips to DC 19th February 2010 The National Congress Party (aka National Islamic Front) wants to stop the world challenging its planned April election victory. A quiet push last month on debt relief and...
Vol 51 No 3 | SUDANANALYSIS Southern leaders compete for a new state 5th February 2010 There are fears that the thrice-delayed national elections, now due on 8 April, could trigger an escalation of fighting in Darfur and the South, given the probability that few will accept the results as free and fair. The Khartoum regime has failed to implement most of the key democratic reforms agreed under the 2005 peace deal. The 2008 census and the constituency boundaries lacked credibility and the Islamist government has done nothing to promote an independent judiciary or independent electoral administration. referendumA new wave of violence and fraudulent elections could block any chance of progress on Darfur and undermine the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) led by Salva Kiir...