UMD NFLC Hausa Lessons/59 Sudanese Politics: Difference between revisions

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+== Notes ==
+. Sudan
+Like many African countries, Sudan has experienced political instability since gaining its independence in 1956. Military coups and religious and ethnic conflicts have killed or displaced many innocent citizens. Most recently, the civil war in Darfur between northern Afro-Arab tribes and southern non-Arab ethnic groups has gained the attention of the international community because of reports of genocide. Much of the conflict in Sudan centers on religious and ethnic difference between its northern and southern regions. According to the 2008 article “Sudan: Politics, Government, and Taxation,” the political scene in Sudan has been dominated by northerners; and southerners, “upset by the strict Islamic penal code” as well as “the deterioration of the economy” have sought to secede from Sudan.
+Sudan: Politics, government, and taxation. (2008). Encyclopedia of the Nations. Retrieved May
+, 2009, from http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Africa/Sudan-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT-AND-TAXATION.html
+. Omar al-Bashir
+Omar al-Bashir, the current president of Sudan, came to power in a bloodless military coup in 1989. One of his first acts was the suspension of all political parties and the nationalization of an Islamic legal code. The Wikipedia article “Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir” states that al-Bashir also “issued purges and executions in the upper ranks of the army, the banning of associations, political parties, and independent newspapers and the imprisonment of leading political figures and journalists.” The civil war that has raged for nearly 20 years in Sudan has involved the Sudan People’s Liberation Army of southern Sudan and al-Bashir’s government. The charges of genocide against al-Bashir include accusations that his government has suppressed evidence of ethnic cleansing and mass graves.
+Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir. (2009, May 27). Wikipedia. Retrieved May 28, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Al-Bashir
+. More Information
+To read more about the coup which brought al-Bashir to power, read Alan Cowell’s article “Military Coup in Sudan Ousts Civilian Regime” from the New York Times, available online at the following link:
+http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4DA103DF932A35754C0A96F948260
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