Word: mahgoub
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bitter struggle between Sudan's Arab north and African south has a long and bloody history-one, ironically, that Nimeiri thought he had ended more than a decade ago. After overthrowing a civilian government led by Mohammed Mahgoub in 1969, Nimeiri negotiated an end to 17 years of bloody civil war in 1972. Nimeiri has remained in power since then, staging three referendums that have overwhelmingly returned him to office. Residents of the southern part of the country, however, cite numerous grievances. They complain, for example, that when the Chevron Oil Co. discovered oil in the south, the government...