Sudan, 1996 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 7 March 1996, during the consolidation of President Omar al-Bashir's National Islamic Front regime in Sudan around the March 1996 national elections, the first held since the 1989 coup. Bashir, who had seized power in 1989 and appointed himself president in October 1993 after disbanding the Revolutionary Command Council, ran in March 1996 as effectively the only candidate legally permitted, winning with a large majority, while the Islamist ideologue Hassan al-Turabi was elected to the National Assembly and became its speaker. The period was marked by continued repression, purges and executions in the upper ranks of the army, banned parties and press, and deep international isolation: Sudan had been designated a state sponsor of terrorism, hosted figures such as Osama bin Laden, and faced UN sanctions after the Sudanese security service was implicated in the 1995 attempt to assassinate Egyptian President Mubarak.
In this climate of a minority regime maintaining control through purges and detention of alleged plotters, the 7 March 1996 coding sits in the anti-Bashir conspiracy environment around the March 1996 elections.
Researched Details
Researched
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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
62503071996
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Bashir was confirmed president in the March 1996 election and ruled 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
Business Times
Chicago Tribune
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