Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pōtitanga whānui o te tau 1996, ko ia anake te kaitono i runga i te ture ki te rere mo te pōtitanga. I noho a Sudan hei kawanatanga-kotahi i raro i te National Congress Party (NCP). I ngā tau 1990, ka whakapā atu a Hassan al-Turabi, te Tumuaki o te Runanga ā-Motu i taua wā, ki ngā rōpū pūtake Islamic, ka tono mai i a Osama bin Laden ki te whenua. I muri mai ka whakararangihia e te United States a Sudan hei whenua tautoko i te riri. Te whai i a Al Qaeda
Ko te whakaekenga o nga whare karere o Amerika i Kenya me Tanzania i whakarewahia e te US te Operation Infinite Reach me te whaainga i te wheketere rongoa Al-Shifa i whakapono teka ai te kawanatanga o Amerika kei te whakaputa patu matū mo te roopu kaiwhakatuma. I timata te awe o Al-Turabi ki te heke, i ngana etahi atu ki te tautoko i te kaiarahi tino whaihua ki te whakarereke i te wehenga o te ao o Sudan. I mahi te whenua ki te whakangawari i ona kaiwhakawā ma te peia o nga mema o te Jihad Islamic o Ihipa me te akiaki i a bin Laden kia wehe.