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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?

Opinion: When will we see the back of Bashir?

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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Islamist opposition leader Hassan Al-Turabi is welcomed by supporters in his home in Khartoum, Sudan, in this July 1, 2010 file photo. (Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Files)


Opinion: The mystery that is Hassan Al-Turabi

Opinion: The mystery that is Hassan Al-Turabi

There are people who live their whole lives in the spotlight, arousing controversies over their roles and ideas. While some find themselves forced into the limelight against their will, others seem to be ecstatic about the atmosphere of controversy and confusion they...
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Sudanese parliament speaker Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir speaks to members of the Sudanese parliament gathering to vote on a national budget on December 19, 2012 in Khartoum. (AFP PHOTO/EBRAHIM HAMID)