Sudan, 1991 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 23 August 1991, during the period of continued conspiracy, purges, and consolidation under the National Islamic Front-backed regime of Lieutenant General Omar al-Bashir in Sudan, between the 1990 coup attempts and the March 1992 Ba'athist plot. Bashir had seized power in June 1989 and, as a minority regime with little popular support, resorted to harsh measures: it imprisoned hundreds of political opponents, banned parties and trade unions, silenced the press, dismantled the judiciary, and repeatedly purged the army. In March 1991 the regime reintroduced a harsh Islamic penal code, and its support for Iraq in the Gulf War isolated Sudan from the West and its Arab neighbors while the economy deteriorated and the war against the Sudan People's Liberation Army continued.
Amid this instability, foreign reporting in mid-August 1991 even circulated claims that Bashir might soon retire for health reasons. The 23 August 1991 coding sits in this climate of continued anti-Bashir plotting and regime consolidation in the first years of his rule.
Researched Details
Researched
Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.
Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
62508231991
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Bashir suppressed dissent and consolidated NIF rule, remaining in power until 2019.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
Times of India
Globe and Mail
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →