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<text id=89TT0083>
<title>
Jan. 09, 1989: World Notes:Sudan
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Jan. 09, 1989 Mississippi Burning
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 38
World Notes
SUDAN
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<p> Drought. Floods. Famine. Disease. Civil war. How could the
situation in Sudan get worse? Last week it did, as workers
staged a general strike that closed the airport in Khartoum and
shut down most telephone and telex lines. Rumors of coup
attempts swept the capital as angry demonstrators took to the
streets demanding the head of Prime Minister Sadiq el Mahdi.
</p>
<p> The strike was triggered by sharp government-ordered rises
in the prices of key commodities, including sugar and
cigarettes. To cushion the steep hikes, the government approved
pay raises for both public and private employees, supplementing
incomes by as much as 500%. But the ploy did not work.
</p>
<p> By week's end, as police scattering crowds killed at least
one demonstrator, the government backed down and revoked the
price increases while leaving the pay hikes intact. The swift
reversal does not ensure a return to relative stability. The
Democratic Unionist Party withdrew from Sadiq's coalition
government, and the Prime Minister reportedly intends to form
a new Cabinet with his other partner, the Muslim fundamentalist
National Islamic Front.
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