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When Nimeiri was ousted in a bloodless coup last year by his Defense Minister, Abdul Rahman Suwar al Dahab, it seemed peace might be restored. But before long, the fighting resumed. In May the first national election since 1968 brought to power Sadiq el Mahdi, leader of the moderate Muslim Umma Party. Making peace his top priority, the Oxford-educated Sadiq lost no time in arranging a meeting in Ethiopia with Garang, who holds a doctorate in agricultural economics from Iowa State. Yet the two leaders could not concur on terms for a cease-fire. Last week Sadiq agreed...
Meanwhile, Garang's force of roughly 12,000 men threatened to tighten its siege of Sudan's four large southern towns. In addition, the insurgents braced themselves for an expected assault from government forces, supported, the rebels claimed, by 13,000 Libyan troops gathered on the border. Though Sadiq denies any ties to Tripoli, there seems little doubt that he is drifting politically leftward. In early August the new Prime Minister visited Libya, which had been an enemy of the pro-American Nimeiri, and later he traveled to Moscow. Said Information Minister Mohammed Tewfiq Ahmed: "We cannot afford to have...
...aftermath of the plane attack, Sadiq pledged that the government would "try our level best to make sure that all means -- river, rail and air transport -- are made available so that aid reaches the needy." Yet as long as both sides continued their military operations, relief efforts seemed certain to remain suspended. In the meantime, roving gangs of bandits, armed tribesmen and Ugandan army deserters swarm through the rebel-held area...
After 17 years of military control, Sudan once again has a democratically elected Prime Minister. He is Sadiq el Mahdi, 50, the Oxford-educated head of the Umma Party and the great-grandson of the mahdi, Mohammed Ahmed, who defeated the British General Charles George ("Chinese") Gordon at Khartoum...
Even as he was being chosen by the recently elected National Assembly, Sadiq was reminded that he faces enormous problems. After a quarter-century of sporadic fighting and unrest between the Arab north and the black south, the civil war is on again. Last week the Ethiopian-backed rebels of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army captured two more southern towns. Apart from the war, the moderate Sadiq must find ways of balancing the influence of Libya, which helped him during his years in opposition, and the U.S., which last year gave Sudan more than $400 million in military...