SUDAN

New Government in Sudan 

Following the election of a new 301-seat Constituent Assembly in the Sudan last month, in which the centrist and Islamic reformist al-Umma Party led by Mr. Sadiq al-Mahdi won a majority of 99 seats, and the subsequent relinquishment of power by the military government of General 'Abd al-Rahman Suwwar al-Dhahab - which overthrew President Numeiri's regime in April 1985 - the formation of the first democratic government in the Sudan in 17 years was...