Vol 39 No 17 | SUDAN Manoeuvring in Cairo 28th August 1998 A vigorous debate ensued at the National Democratic Alliance summit in Cairo on 15-17 August over the initiative taken at the last meeting of the Inter-Governmental Authority on...
Vol 39 No 14 | SUDANHORN OF AFRICA Long war, quick fix 10th July 1998 Outsiders contemplate a north-south peace that helps the NIF and weakens its opponents Western governments have a plan for the independence of southern Sudan. The proposals have the blessing of the Sudan government but bypass Sudan's neighbours in the Inter-Governmental Authority...
Vol 39 No 14 | SUDANHORN OF AFRICA Standing on the south 10th July 1998 Since conflict erupted on 31 December 1955, the day before Sudan’s Independence, several million people have died in the war in the south.It’ shard,therefore,tofindasouthernerwhodoesn’ twant independence. It used...
Vol 39 No 13 | SUDANBRITAIN Short changed 26th June 1998 There is a growing rift between Secretary of State for International Development Clare Short and British-based aid agencies which have in recent years become increasingly dependent on government...
Vol 39 No 13 | SUDAN Access denied 26th June 1998 Amid massive publicity for Sudan’s famine, the Khartoum government agreed in May to full access for the United Nations’ Operation Lifeline Sudan. Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail assured...
Vol 39 No 10 | SUDAN Peace means war 15th May 1998 The government's latest political weapon is the referendum but it's still fighting the war As the world briefly noticed the famine in southern Sudan, President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir presented 5,000 tonnes of grain - to Niger. On 6 May, he...
Vol 39 No 9 | SUDAN Marking time 1st May 1998 The government is buying time, the opposition is wasting it and the human costs are mounting The opposition National Democratic Alliance has spent months giving a free run to the ruling National Islamic Front. But this is a lull in the conflict, not a...
Vol 39 No 9 | SUDAN Famine strikes 1st May 1998 This month, as the international media began noticing the famine in Bahr el Ghazal, the SPLA leader, Colonel John Garang, was touring in Eastern Equatoria. Bordering Kenya and...
Vol 39 No 4 | SUDAN Political plane crash 20th February 1998 he 12 February plane crash which killed First Vice-President Major General El Zubeir Mohamed Salih is one of the biggest blows to the National Islamic Front since it...
Vol 39 No 1 | SUDAN 'Next year in Kadugli' 9th January 1998 The Nuba are caught in the middle but no one has asked them what they want All eyes are on the south and east in expectation of major fighting between the National Islamic Front government and the opposition National Democratic Alliance. Yet also crucial...