Head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and eventually appointed himself president-for-life. He has fallen out with his Islamic mentor, Hasan al-Turabi, tried to impose shariah on the Christian and animist south, resulting in its secessesion, and attempted to
ArabizeDarfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it.
to end "aggression" against the South.
He urged the Khartoum government to back off South Sudan stating that President Bashir must abide by the 2005 peace agreements ending decades of conflict between the North and South.
At a joint news conference with South Sudan leader Salva Kiir, the Ugandan leader said Khartoum cannot make the "mistake of managing Sudan as an Arab country and yet it is Afro-Arab."
South Sudan blames the North over recent attacks on the continent's newest country, that became autonomous following a referendum in July 2011. (READ: South Sudan accuses Khartoum of fresh bombing)
A statement from President Museveni's office said South Sudan people had "voted twice democratically" expressing their right of self-determination.
Salva Kiir is in Uganda for a two day State visit. While officials remained tight lipped over the agenda of the visit, sources confided to the Nation that regional security was top on the agenda.