Tag: President Omer Hassan

Islamist group protest in Khartoum for release of coup attempt convicts

| April 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

April 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese police dispersed dozens of the Islamist Sa’ihoon initiative group who were engaged in demonstrations near University of Khartoum’s tunnel yesterday to protest the non-release of the coup attempt convicts despite reports of a presidential pardon. Sudan’s president Omer Al-Bashir (Getty) Earlier this month, a military court sentenced seven army [...]

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Sudan’s Envoy Stresses Expansion of Tehran-Khartoum Mutual Cooperation

| March 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

“Expansion of economic and trade interactions between the two countries, specially in agricultural and mining sectors will create new opportunities for the expansion of mutual cooperation in different fields,” Bakhit said in a meeting with Head of Iran-Sudan Parliamentary Friendship Group Nasser Sudani on Monday evening. He also lauded Iran‘s support for the African nation, [...]

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Ruling Party Denies Early Elections

| April 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Khartoum — Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party denied Tuesday calling for early elections in the country and reiterated that it is sticking to maintain the president of the republic and the parliament until the end of the term of their mandate. The NCP was reacting to statements made by presidential advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail who [...]

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Tensions escalate between Umma & opposition parties over regime change in Sudan

| March 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

March 18, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Tensions escalated once again among the members of the Sudanese opposition coalition in Khartoum and the National Umma Party (NUP) of al-Sadiq al-Mahdi over how to realise political change in Sudan. President Omer Hassan al-Bashir smiles (L) as the leader of National Umma Party and former prime minister al Sadiq [...]

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Sudan’s NCP seeks to incorporate opposition in post-secession government

| July 12, 2011 | 0 Comments

July 11, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan will discuss in the coming days the formation of the new government that will be the first after South Sudan became an independent state last weekend. Sudan’s President Omer Hassan al-Bashir (Reuters) The proposed make-up of the government is expected to be [...]

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