At the time UNESCO led a rescue operation to retrieve the relics in the Nubia region, and the museum was inaugurated in May 1971 during the tenure of late President Gaafar Nimeiry.

After gaining praise from Sudan's president Gaafar Nimeiry at the age of 8, Abdel Aziz joined the Bahri Youth Center's (BYC) theater troupe where he began to develop a strong passion for music and ...

In 1967, he was sentenced to death for his role in a failed coup against military ruler Gaafar Nimeiry. Al-Turabi was one of the world’s most prominent Islamic leaders and one of Sudan’s best ...

Even before this, the 1964 revolution brought down dictator General Ibrahim Abboud and the bloodless coup of 1985 led to the removal of President Gaafar Nimeiry. Compared to Sudan’s history of ...

Sudan won’t have stability and peace under a military strongman,” he added, referring to Gaafar Nimeiry, the military autocrat who was deposed by his defence minister following a popular ...

1969 - Colonel Gaafar Nimeiry carries out a coup. Parliament and political parties are abolished. 1983 - Numeiry introduces Sharia Islamic law. 1983-2005 - Second Sudanese Civil War.

Enemies in the early years following Sudan’s independence, the two states drew closer in the 1970s under the mandate of Gaafar Nimeiry, before resuming hostilities in the late 1980s when Omar al ...

Enemies in the early years following Sudan’s independence, the two States grew closer in the 1970s under the mandate of Gaafar Nimeiry, before resuming hostilities in the late 1980s when Omar al ...

Others are Prime Minister and Brigadier General Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore; President Gaafar Nimeiry of Sudan, among others.

In addition to the removal of al-Bashir following the 2019 protests, April 6 also marks the day in 1985 when Sudanese people took to the streets against former leader Gaafar Nimeiry, also forcing ...