Vol 47 No 3 |
- AFRICAN UNION
The meeting was dominated by the Sudanese regime's attempt to secure the chairmanship withdrawn only after western central and southern African countries made it clear that they would go on opposing President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's candidacy because of his regime's internationally condemned policies in Darfur to which the AU has sent a peacekeeping force...
Three contenders three coup-makers Human rights groups had campaigned against holding the summit in Sudan and applauded the blocking of Omer el Beshir's candidacy...
'AOK' is known to oppose next week's holding in Khartoum of the AU summit a contradiction which may place President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir in the chair of the very organisation that is trying to protect Sudanese from his forces...
The African Union is holding a summit in Banjul next July but there will be little pressure for democratisation especially if January's AU summit goes ahead in Sudan and war crimes suspect President Omer el Beshir becomes AU Chairman...
The government has been pressured not to hand him over with telephone calls from presidents AC understands who include Gabon's Omar Bongo Sudan's Omer el Beshir and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe...
The Islamist group calling for separation of North and South led by President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir's uncle El Tayeb Mustafa is still given free rein signifying that separation is seen as a policy option once most of the oil has been sucked out of the South...
The 74 ministers include: President: Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir; NCP fervent Islamist; still ring-fenced by civilian 'gatekeepers'...
Animal Resources: Brigadier Gatlwak Deng Garang NCP Southerner; Bor Dinka like Garang; Khartoum Military College; ex-head NIF's Southern States Coordination Council; considered close to Omer el Beshir...
President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir appeared on state television on 3 August but there was little sense of the need for urgent action to halt the killing...
It reported on 14 July but President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir was unhappy warning the findings would trigger a Messiriya rebellion...
On 2 April President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir told the NIF's ruling faction the National Congress (NC) 'We are stronger than America ' and refused to hand over any Sudanese for trial abroad...
Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir: President...