Sudan Capital - Khartoum
Chief of State - President
Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir (since 10/16/93)
Head of Government - President
Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir (since 10/16/93)
Sudan’s
18-yr civil war, in broad terms, pits the Islamist government in the north against rebels
fighting for more autonomy for the mainly Christian and animist south.
Offered US use of its airspace; also handed over names
and locations of bin Laden associates in Sudan
