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An internally displaced woman smiles at her child while making a beaded necklace in the mental health section of the hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) inside the camp for IDPs in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Malakal, Upper Nile State May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu

Assistant of Sudan President: The Country Rejects Two Armies on its Soil

by Ahmed Younis | Jul 19, 2016 | World

Khartoum- Assistant of the President of Sudan and Deputy Chairman of the National Congress for the Party’s Affairs, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid expressed the government’s willingness to be in charge of the peace requirements; yet he denounced the opposition parties...

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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on during a meeting with former South African President and head of African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki (unseen) in Khartoum on September 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Ashraf Shazly)

Opinion: When will we see the back of Bashir?

by Osman Mirghani | Mar 14, 2015 | Opinion

I do not know why the Sudanese regime has taken the trouble to hold sham elections that pretty much everyone sees through and whose outcome is already known. If President Omar Al-Bashir simply extends his term in office by another five years—that is, in addition to...

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Family members and friends gather for the funeral of Salah Mudathir, 28, killed the day before in clashes following protests in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on September 28, 2013. (AFP PHOTO /ASHRAF SHAZLY)

Sudan: Protests bring the capital to a standstill

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 26, 2013 | Middle East

Khartoum/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Protests over cuts in fuel subsidies recently introduced by the government of Omar Al-Bashir have entered its third day, paralyzing the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The protests are the largest the country has seen ever since...

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir addresses a new session of Parliament, on April 1, 2013, in the capital Khartoum.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)

What Will Happen to Sudan if Bashir Steps Down?

by Osman Mirghani | Apr 4, 2013 | Opinion

One cannot help but feel bewildered by the uproar over Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir’s decision not to stand in the forthcoming elections, making room for another candidate from the ruling National Congress Party (or shall we say the Islamist movement ruling the...