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Leader of Sudan

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+255787000634 PLEASE USE THIS NUMBER FOR ANY PROB-LAME Copyright kamanda msofe Leader of Sudan Ahmed Hassan Omar Al Bashir (1944- ) Position: President, Republic of Sudan Party: National Congress Party (NCP) Origins: Arab, Ja'alin tribe Becoming a president Omar Al Bashir became the head of Sudan in 1989 after staging a bloodless, Islamic-backed military coup against the then democratic government. He went on to assume the president's office in 1993. Since then, Bashir has been governing Sudan despite facing widespread condemnation from the international community for human rights abuse in Darfur and other regions of the country. Al Bashir joined the Sudanese military in 1960 and attended military school in Cairo and Khartoum. He climbed up the military ranks at an alarming pace. With his notable leadership skills he was able to organize a mutiny against the governing prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi in 1

Sudanese army kills three in air strikes

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+255787000634 PLEASE USE THIS NUMBER FOR ANY PROBLEM Copyright kamanda msofe 30 Apr The Sudanese air force launched air strikes on Kanjar village in Um Dorain, South Kordofan on Friday killing three people. Witnesses said the strikes killed Farun Anthony, aged 18 months, Khaki Anthony aged four years old and Malatim Mustafa 37 years. Esam Paulice aged seven and Susan Mali Cole, 28 were also injured in the strikes. Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North spokesman Arnu Ngutulu Lodi told Radio Dabanga the air strikes targeting mainly women and children in the Nuba Mountains continue on a daily basis, along with the regime’s blockade of humanitarian aid purposely planned to carry out a campaign of ethnic cleansing.