Vol 38 No 16 | SUDANUNITED STATES You didn't hear this 1st August 1997 'Ignore statements made in the next two months by the US Ambassador to Khartoum'. This is the extraordinary advice which US officials have given (discreetly and verbally) to...
Vol 38 No 15 | SUDANUNITED STATES Great Satan joins the fray 18th July 1997 As Sudan's conflict threatens to spread, Washington policy- makers are contemplating the fall of the National Islamic Front Sudan is moving up Washington's agenda. After years of US ambiguity, those urging a tough line against Khartoum have won the argument over those favouring 'constructive engagement'. This...
Vol 38 No 15 | SUDANUNITED STATES Dialogue in dollars 18th July 1997 Conspicuous among those lobbying for dialogue with the National Islamic Front is US-born Mansoor Ijaz, the Pakistani-descended founding Chairman of Crescent Investment Management, which he says has a...
Vol 38 No 13 | SUDANUNITED STATES A brigadier calls 20th June 1997 Washington officials are talking of a major review on Sudan policy and a harder line against the National Islamic Front government as opposition forces in southern and eastern...
Vol 38 No 10 | SUDAN Body of evidence 9th May 1997 An opposition attack on government forces at a little known mountain called Togan, about 100 kilometres north of Kassala, has produced sheaves of documents detailing the National Islamic...
Vol 38 No 8 | SUDAN The frontlines grow longer 11th April 1997 Attacking from the east, the opposition is capturing territory and winning new recruits; and in the south it's threatening Juba The collapse of the government army's operations against fierce opposition attack in the south and east has thrown the ruling National Islamic Front into confusion. It is no...
Vol 38 No 8 | SUDAN Marching to Juba 11th April 1997 On the ground, the Sudan People's Liberation Army looks competent and confident of taking Juba. Its rout of government forces is unparallelled since the 1991 split. Under the...
Vol 38 No 5 | SUDAN Garang manoeuvres 28th February 1997 The SPLA is fighting in the North for 'national unity' but what about the South? The National Democratic Alliance's military gains in the north (AC Vol 38 No 3) have distracted attention from the continuing problems of Southern politics. While some opposition leaders...
Vol 38 No 5 | SUDAN Malaysian money II 28th February 1997 Sudan is not going to be expelled from the International Monetary Fund just yet – thanks to Malaysia, we hear. Kuala Lumpur paid instalments on Sudan's US$1.7 billion...
Vol 38 No 3 | SUDAN The countdown begins 31st January 1997 Northern and Southern oppositionists have seized territory from the government and look capable of staying on the offensive The battle for Sudan has begun (AC Vol 37 No 8). The opposition strategy is to follow military successes with a civilian uprising; against this is the National...