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Albashir joined the sudanese army at a young age and studied at a military academy in cairo. He received his primary education there, and his family later moved to khartoum where he completed his secondary education. Pdf the icc indictment against albashir and its repercussions for. He entered office in 1989 as the leader of the national congress party. Omar albashir and africas longest war african affairs. The imposition of sharia law onto the largely nonmuslim south escalated tensions, and the south waged a civil war that lasted until 2002. In october 2004, omars government negotiated an end to the second sudanese civil war, one of the longestrunning and deadliest wars of the 20th century. Wanted sudan leader bashir avoids south africa arrest. I gave the dubious honor of first place to omar albashir of sudan. This is it, the omar albashir and africas longest war, by paul moorcraft that will be your ideal choice for better reading book. Bashir took control of sudan in a 1989 coup and has been working to establish an islamist.
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