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...exodus was cut short eleven weeks ago, when word of a secret Israeli airlift that had already taken thousands to Israel was leaked to the press. Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri slammed the door shut because of pressure from Ethiopia's Marxist government and fellow Arabs, who accused him of cooperating with the Israelis. That left hundreds of Ethiopian Jews, known as Falashas, stranded in Sudan after making the long trek to refugee camps there. Last week, however, in an operation coordinated by the Central Intelligence Agency, about ten U.S. C-130 military transport planes flew into Sudan and took...
...Washington a State Department official declared, "We have an absolute no comment on that." U.S. officials feared that publicizing the airlift would undermine any attempts to rescue Falashas remaining in Sudan or Ethiopia. It has been reported that Vice President George Bush, during a recent visit to Khartoum, persuaded Nimeiri to let the Falashas...
Eighteen months ago, Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri proclaimed he was imposing strict Islamic law on his nation of 21 million. Traditional Koranic punishments were mandated, like amputating the right hands of thieves. Islamic economic laws were introduced, including the banning of interest charges. Many Sudanese opposed the laws, particularly Christians and animists in the south who are still fighting government troops. Early this year Nimeiri ordered the execution of one rival, Mahmoud Taha, 76. But among the few who supported Islamization were members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a militant fundamentalist sect banned in many parts of the Arab world. Last...
According to one Western diplomat in Khartoum, "The arrests seem to represent a shift away from the extreme policies of the past toward an atmosphere of reconciliation." Whether the President's latest moves will calm the country, says a former government minister, "depends on what Nimeiri ; does next...
Bush underlined the U.S.'s insistence that Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri comply with International Monetary Fund reform proposals as a condition for receiving $200 million in aid. But in a gesture of good faith, he announced the release of $15 million to purchase fertilizer and insecticide for Sudan's cotton planting. At a U.N. conference in Geneva this week, Bush was expected to promise a U.S. donation of half the 3 million tons of food necessary to alleviate the African famine...