A bit of background:
Sudan's President Managed to Hold Power Over 20 Years
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who was hit by a war crimes arrest warrant Wednesday, has managed to hold power in Africa's largest nation despite 20 years of turmoil, including a long civil war, U.S. airstrikes, Western sanctions and bloodshed in Darfur.
The 64-year-old al-Bashir, Sudan's longest-serving president since independence in 1958,
has been able to weather the storms by keeping a firm hold on his ruling coalition of the military and Islamic fundamentalists — and by knowing when to make limited concessions to the West.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504469,00.html
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