US Sanctions Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/us-sanctions/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 US Sanctions Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/us-sanctions/ 32 32 Election win for Bashir is no surprise at all https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/election-win-for-bashir-is-no-surprise-at-all/ Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/election-win-for-bashir-is-no-surprise-at-all/ Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s been reelected with more than 94 percent of the vote in polls in which he had faced no serious challenger. His officials say there was a 46 percent turnout. Foreign observers of the poll earlier this month say it was at least ten percent lower – despite four days of voting […]

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]]> Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s been reelected with more than 94 percent of the vote in polls in which he had faced no serious challenger.
His officials say there was a 46 percent turnout. Foreign observers of the poll earlier this month say it was at least ten percent lower – despite four days of voting

President Omar al-Bashir has five more years to face major challenges in solving Sudan’s economic woes and ending its international isolation.

He’s wanted by the International Criminal Court over war crimes in the western region of Darfur. This curtails his ability to travel abroad freely.

Sudan remains subject to a US trade embargo for hosting late Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the 1990s and for rights abuses.

Bashir has to win over the international community with a long-promised national dialogue with the opposition and with new foreign alliances.

 

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