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...In Sudan, where the military last month ousted dictator Omar Bashir after four months of demonstrations, the government disrupted social media for 68 consecutive days but kept other parts of the internet...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on January 23. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese president and subject of an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, said this week he would be the first to recognise an independent southern Sudan, if that were the...
...One of the biggest shareholders in the Syria-focused explorer is Rami Makhlouf, the first cousin of president Bashir Assad. He owns 5.7 per cent of the company....
...But he blamed this squarely on the two main opposition candidates, whose withdrawal last week has handed Mr Bashir certain victory....
...“My attitude is that if you have relations with Mr Bashir [Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir], think about helping to solve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur,” he said....
...The International Criminal Court was also active, with one prosecutor – for better or worse – recommending indicting Omar al-Bashir, president of Sudan, with genocide in Darfur....
...She has also become a vocal supporter of porn and recently took part in a Yale debate on the industry, which was moderated by journalist Martin Bashir and filmed for ABC’s Nightline programme....
...Although Bashir has in the past defended violent action by Islamic militants, he has always denied any involvement in terrorism himself....
...Mr Blair, the first UK prime minister to visit Sudan, will spend only a few hours in Khartoum, meeting President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and senior officials....
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