El-Bashir agrees to return confiscated properties to 13 opposition members

Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir signed yesterday presidential decisions to give back properties confiscated from 13 opposition members, headed by Mohammed Osman El-Merghany, head of the Sudanese opposition alliance; Abd El-Rahman Saeed, whom was accused of exploding the petroleum pipes in North Atbara; and Mansour Khalid an advisor to John Garang, chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

The supreme peace and rapport committee headed by El-Bashir previously decided to take many steps to prepare the atmosphere for reconciliation and fulfill some of the opposition's demands presented by the delegation of the joint Libyan - Egypt initiative.