Sudan

HOW SAFE IS TOTAL'S PERMIT

Sudan is thinking of re-assigning Blocks B and C owned by Total in the Jonglei basin in the south of [...]

THE MYSTERY OF MALAKAL

The brief occupation of Malakal, the principle town in the Upper Nile region, 680 kilometres south of Khartoum at the [...]

OPPOSITION DIVIDED

The Declaration of Cairo, made public on November 2, a sort of charter drawn up by the Sudanese opposition, has [...]

AL ZUBEIR MOHAMED SALEH

The vice-president of the Sudanese junta, Al Zubeir Mohamed Saleh visited Iraq last week, and met with his counterpart, Taha [...]

SAYEED AHMED HARDELLO

After lengthy diplomatic procedures between Khartoum and Sanaa, the former Sudanese ambassador to Yemen finally reached Sudan on November 11. [...]

SADIQ AL MAHDI'S WORDS TO GARANG

Sudan's former prime minister and leader of the Umma Party, Sadiq al Mahdi has written to the leader of the [...]

THE BATTLE OF MALAKAL

A spokesman for the Nasir faction of the Sudan People's liberation Army (SPLA) in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Akol Deng [...]

SADIQ AL MAHDI'S RESPONSE

In response to the junta's regime in Sudan, having attempted to woo some of its opponents, the former Sudanese prime [...]

NEW NIF LEADERS

The National Islamic Front (NIF) in Sudan, has just appointed a new nine-member leadership under the supervision of Hassan al [...]

OPPOSITION PREPARES CONGRESS

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the different Sudanese opposition forces are prearing a broad-based conference in [...]

GABRIEL RORICH JUR

A bishop from the Episcopal Church of Rumbek and Wau, but also secretary of State for foreign affairs in the [...]

NEW AMBASADORS

The leader of National Islamic Front (NIF), Hassan al Turabi recently started wooing certain political parties in the Moslem opposition. [...]

AN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

According to the "Trends in Developing Economies 1992" handbook produced by the World Bank, the Comoros Islands "slackened off" at [...]

Former chief-of-staff of the Sudanese armed forces, General Fathy Ahmed [...]

CAIRO'S VIEW OF NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT

In a document distributed to several Western chanceries, the intelligence bureau attached to the Egyptian presidency, directed by Mustapha al [...]

UPRISING AMONG SPLA DINKAS

The spokesman for the Sudanese armed forces, the general Mohamed Abdallah Oweida recently told the daily newspaper al Quwat al [...]

CLAUDE LOASGUARDI

The French ministry of foreign affairs announced this week, the [...]

ISLAMIC DRIVE SHADOWS CIVIL WAR

The regions conquered by the government troops from the Southern Sudan SPLA rebels since the spring are undergoing a process [...]

RALLYING THE "NEMEIRY" CAMP

Retired commander Abu al Kassem Mohamed Ibrahim, who was the first vice-president under General Jaafar Nemeiry (1969-1985) and the spearhead [...]