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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: Bashir’s Empty Promises

by Osman Mirghani | Oct 10, 2014 | Opinion

Since they assumed power in a military coup 25 years ago, Sudan’s Islamists have been adjusting their stance and policies, breaking conventions and promises. They have justified all their actions, however removed from the spirit of Islam and the tolerance the Sudanese...

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A handout picture released by UNAMID on April 7, 2014, shows a displaced women carrying firewood and other belongings into the UNAMID base in Khor Abeche, South Darfur. (AFP/Albert Gonzalez Farran)

Former spokesperson renews criticism of UN mission in Darfur

by Ahmed Younis | Apr 20, 2014 | Middle East

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—In the week the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling on all states to renew their commitment to prevent genocide, a former UN spokesperson renewed accusations that the international body “covered up” human rights...

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A peacekeeper of the African Union-United Nations peace keeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) registers local residents visiting its clinic for medical care at the base in Labado village, East Darfur, Sudan (AP Photo/UNAMID, Albert Gonzalez Farran)

Darfur tribal leader demands negotiations with Khartoum

by Mustafa Sirri | Dec 1, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Conflicting reports have emerged about warnings by pro-government Darfur tribal leader Mousa Hilal that “all options are on the table” if his calls for negotiations with Khartoum are ignored. Hilal reportedly called for talks to discuss the...

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Leading Sudanese opposition figure Hassan Al-Turabi gestures during an interview in Khartoum on October 3, 2012. (Reuters)

Sudan: Political crisis escalates as Turabi accused of ‘engineering Darfur tragedy’

by Ahmed Younis | Nov 25, 2013 | Middle East

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Divisions within the Sudanese National Consensus Forces (NCF) opposition coalition have escalated amid an exchange of accusations between two of its largest parties, the National Ummah Party (NUP), led by Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, and the Popular...

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Sudanese supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s ousted president, Mohamed Mursi, protest following Friday noon prayers in front of the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on August 16, 2013. The banner (C) reads “Muslim Brotherhood.” (AFP PHOTO/ASHRAF SHAZLY)

Bashir against the Brotherhood

by Ahmed Younis | Aug 25, 2013 | Features

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—It seems that the Muslim Brotherhood’s plight in Egypt is spreading southwards to affect their counterparts in Sudan. But in contrast to much of Sudan’s modern history, calls for change are not coming from another popular movement or uprising...