Word: nimeiri
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...foremost question in Sudan last week was whether Suwar al Dahab's 15- member military council, composed of senior officers, would make good on the chant raised during the heady moments of the takeover: "The people and the army are one." Through much of the Nimeiri era, opposition political parties, professional groups and unions were forced underground. Last week they all bubbled to the surface again, banding together in a group that they christened the Alliance of Forces for National Salvation, distributing tracts and stating their determina- tion to reclaim their rights. To pacify them, the council ordered the arrest...
...suggesting that he was ready for talks. By the time he did, however, Garang, who has a Ph.D. in economics from Iowa State University, had already made public his suspicions of the new government. "The people's revolution has been stolen," he declared in a radio broadcast. "This is Nimeiri's regime. No matter what clothes the hyena puts on, it remains a hyena...
Suwar al Dahab must also soothe religious divisions aggravated 19 months ago when Nimeiri imposed strict Islamic law on Sudan. Under Nimeiri's draconian enforcement of the Sharia code, the country took on a strangely medieval air: public lashings and executions were reinstated, couples in the street were asked to provide proof of marriage, and thieves could expect to have a hand amputated. In the midst of the coup, the Sudanese proclaimed their resentment of the code. Suwar al Dahab, who is a devout Muslim but no fanatic, has already hinted that he may relax, though not repeal, the imposition...
...south is particularly important because the area, almost as large as France, contains Sudan's most promising oil fields. That source of revenue is desperately needed by a country that has been transformed from a potential breadbasket into an economic basket case. A decade after Nimeiri embarked on a grand agricultural development program, only about 8% of the arable land is under cultivation, exports have fallen 50%, and the government is saddled with a foreign debt of $9 billion. Shortly before his ouster, Nimeiri, under pressure from the U.S. and the International Monetary Fund, imposed austerity measures that included sharp...
...Nimeiri apparently has decided to extend his stay in Cairo indefinitely at the invi- tation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Last week he sent Suwar al Dahab a mes- sage wishing him good luck. The general will need just that...