Sudan

In 1996, Sudan continued to serve as a haven, base, and training center for many international terrorist organizations, especially from the Middle East. The Sudanese government has also tolerated many of Iran's objectionable activities, including channeling aid to terrorist and Islamic extremist groups operating in and passing through Sudan. Sudan ordered terror financier Osama bin Laden to leave Sudan in May, following the adoption of three important UN Security Council resolutions. But Sudan has refused to comply with Security Council demands to end its support for terrorists and to hand over three Egyptian fugitives, Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyah (IG), who were involved in the 1995 assassination attempt on President Hosni Mubarak. Khartoum continues to deny any predictions about the plot behind Mubarak's assassination, claiming it does not know the whereabouts of the assailants.

Since Sudan was placed on the list of state sponsors of terrorism in August 1993, the Sudanese government has supported several international terrorists and Islamic extremist groups, including the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO), Lebanese Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. continues to accept members of the organization. (PIJ), Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), and Algerian Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). The National Islamic Front, which has a dominant influence within Sudan's government, also supports rebel groups and rebel groups in Uganda, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. In April 1996, the State Department expelled from Sudan's mission to the United Nations a Sudanese diplomat who had ties to conspirators who planned the 1993 bombing of the United Nations building in New York and other targets. A Sudanese man who has pleaded guilty to various charges related to complicity in the FBI-led New York City bombing in February 1995 has accused two members of Sudan's mission to the United Nations of attacking the United Nations building to assist in the bombing. He said he offered to facilitate access.

Terrorism has been occurring in Sudan since the recent war. However, the Sudanese government continues to fight terrorism domestically. Sudan has made progress in combating terrorism within its borders. Sudan's association with terrorism is not new; Sudan has been on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism since August 1993. Sudan has been under UN diplomatic sanctions since 1996. Sudan is in a strategic position to export its Islamic revolution across its borders with six African countries, including Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia, which has a large and poor Muslim population, but resistance from conquered ethnic groups and others. Sector. State terrorism and other forms of political repression are exacerbating the crisis in the region. World powers that support the authoritarian terrorist regime in Ethiopia are opposed to the Islamist terrorist regime in Sudan. The Sudanese state tends to promote Islamic fundamentalism, putting Sudan at odds with Western countries. This creates favorable international conditions for the SPLM in the south and the SLA and JEM in western Sudan.