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When a rising tide of refugees briefly provoked rioting in the city of Port Sudan three years ago, Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri came under mounting pressure from some members of his government to close his nation's borders. Nimeiri would have none of it. During a climactic Cabinet meeting on the issue, he interrupted the debate and dramatically invoked the ancient Arab tradition of hospitality toward strangers. Said the President: "They are the guests of Sudan...
...Africa would substantially reduce the potential for conflict in the Persian Gulf-a conflict which could trigger World War I I I." Hatfield introduced Tsakos to Energy Secretary Donald Hodel and Exxon President Howard Kauffmann. Hatfield also discussed the project with Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri...
...third punished two men found guilty of shattering a victim's tooth by removing a tooth from each of the attackers. Such are the rulings that have characterized the first seven weeks since emergency courts were set up to enforce the Islamic law of Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri. In September the President may make his system even more implacable, Western diplomats suspect, by declaring Sudan a full-fledged Islamic state...
...that would be overseen by a triumvirate during its first five transitional years. "It is no longer a struggle between the Christian and pagan south [of Sudan] and the Muslim north," observes one of the President's opponents. "It is now a struggle between all political groups and Nimeiri...
Nonetheless, Nimeiri still appears to be in control, even though more than 20 Sudanese army officers have been arrested, apparently for plotting to seize power, since last August. The Reagan Administration has tried to help Nimeiri, providing more than $200 million in economic and military aid in 1983. The Sudanese leader has been pressing the U.S. for more arms for his poorly equipped troops, claiming the need to defend against possible attacks by Libya and Ethiopia. The U.S. is reluctant to comply, however, suspecting that the requested weapons might actually be used against the southern insurgents. "Egypt also has failed...