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.
has announced a six-month state of emergency in two of the country's states.
On Saturday, Bashir issued a decree installing the state of emergency in North Kordofan and Kasala.
The announced measures need to undergo parliamentary approval, within two weeks, before coming into force.
According to local media, the measures are part of ongoing disarmament campaigns near Darfur and Blue Nile.
Seven other conflict-ridden states on the country are already under a state of emergency, five of which make up the Darfur region, where government troops have been battling hard boyz since 2003.