APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from September 2004

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from September 2004

SUDAN - Pax Americana Is Changing - Part 16C - Part 3.(democratization of Darfur)
September 27, 2004... The regime of Gen. Omar Al Bashir, who came to power in a military coup backed by Islamist militants in 1989, is slowly accepting what it has dreaded most: a federal system which, if the centre continues to be weak and to behave badly, will...

SUDAN - Background.(political history and economy )
September 27, 2004... Sudan gained its independence from Egypt and the UK in 1956. The current government, led by Bashir, came to power in 1989 after overthrowing a transitional coalition government. A new constitution was adopted on Jan. 1, 1999. Presidential and...

SUDAN - US Links The South & Darfur Issues As UN Hits Khartoum.(United Nations)
September 27, 2004... The CSM on Sept. 24 quoted Andrew Natsios, the USAID's special humanitarian co-ordinator for Sudan, as saying: "We were beginning the settlement of the conflict in the south after 21 years of extremely destructive civil war. That civil war has...

SUDAN - The AU Mission.(African Union's role in peace negotiations)
September 27, 2004... Inside an air-conditioned office at the AU's headquarters in Sudan, an FT article noted on Sept. 25, a rebel commander sits next to a Sudanese military officer. On a nearby wall hangs a "situation map" of Darfur. Another insurgent is seated at...

SUDAN - Al-Qaeda Plans.(establishment in Somalia and Sudan)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... On Sept. 22, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan was quoted by the New York Times (NYT) as saying the recent seizure of computer disks in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore had shown that Al-Qaeda was thinking of uprooting to Somalia or...

SUDAN - Cairo Talks With Opposition Groups.(National Democratic Alliance's negotiations with Sudan government)(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... Sudanese opposition parties grouped in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are to gather in Cairo on Sept. 28 for a new round of peace talks with representatives from the Khartoum government. The negotiations will be under the auspices of...

SUDAN - IGAD Talks In Norway.(IGAD Partners Forum's meeting with Arab League )(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... The Arab League confirmed on Sept. 22 that it would take part in a two-day meeting in Norway next week to discuss efforts to bring about peace in southern Sudan and Darfur. This will be a meeting of the IGAD Partners Forum, which will also...

SUDAN - Conclusion.(management of federal system )(Brief Article)
September 27, 2004... With so much at stake, by way of Western pressure on Khartoum, it is difficult to see how the Bashir regime can navigate its way out of a federal system for the whole of Sudan. It will be a system which can lead either to a federation of...