Sudan under al-Bashir: Long history of turmoil, conflicts

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is facing a tough challenge to his grip on power.
He rules what was once Africa’s largest country, one that was prominent on the world stage in the 1990s and 2000s for all the wrong reasons — civil war, suspected genocide, links to Islamic militants.
After the south broke away in 2011, Sudan dropped from international attention but days of protests against al-Bashir’s government may bring it back into the spotlight
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