... Front (NIF). In the seventeen years since these individuals came to power by coup to abort an incipient peace process, they have consistently defied the international community and won. The NIF has never paid a price for their crimes. Almost all of them are still in important positions...

... minister, Sadiq al-Mahdi, was overthrown by his own brother-in-law, Omar al-Bashir, in the 1989 National Islamic Front (NIF) coup. The Fall of Nimieri and the Rise of the National Islamic Front The coalition government elected in 1986 did nothing to rein in militant atti- tudes toward non-Arab...

... political figures, including Sadig al-­Mahdi and Oth- man al-­Mirghani. Bashir vehemently denied that the National Islamic Front (NIF) had any involvement in the coup, and Turabi denied that he played any role in the new government. Nevertheless, Turabi, while still in prison, met Osama bin Laden...

... (NIF) regime. Rather, it is an argument for assessing soberly and real- istically what will be required to ensure that Khartoum’s re-engagement at Machakos, if it occurs, is in good faith. For this reason, it would be unwise to see in the Danforth report anything approximating a policy roadmap...

... Kaguta Museveni of Uganda that the “invasion of Rwanda by uniformed members of the Ugandan Army was totally unacceptable.” In the case of Sudan, Cohen laments the exclusion of the National Islamic Front (NIF) leader, Hassan al-Turabi, from early efforts...

....” In the case of Sudan, Cohen laments the exclusion of the National Islamic Front (NIF) leader, Hassan al-Turabi, from early efforts at national reconciliation. He acknowledges that Washington was not actively engaged in the peace process except for an occasional...

... Kaguta Museveni of Uganda that the “invasion of Rwanda by uniformed members of the Ugandan Army was totally unacceptable.” In the case of Sudan, Cohen laments the exclusion of the National Islamic Front (NIF) leader, Hassan al-Turabi, from early efforts...

... by President Bill Clinton during his trip to Africa in spring 1998. Obviously there can be no “Renaissance” with wars all over the continent. In this case in particular, the National Islamic Front (NIF) government in Sudan has emerged as a beneficiary...

.... There is no reliable information or pattern of behavior to suggest that al Ittihad has an international agenda, as has been the case with the National Islamic Front (NIF) government of Sudan. Some observers note that if al Ittihad had a clear internationally oriented agenda...

... with the National Islamic Front (NIF) 16. Foreign Broadcast Information Services, “Islamists Regroup Their Forces after Ethiopian Pre- emptive Strike,” 17 – 23 May 1999. 112  Mediterranean Quarterly: Spring 2009 government of Sudan. Some observers note that if al-Ittihad had a clear inter- nationally...

...” of the West. It could be argued, as many in the West do, that al-Turabi and his fellow Muslim Brothers within the National Islamic Front (NIF) were determined to carry out a violent and ruthless “unification” of the Sudanese umma,25 but it would...