Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 7/7/1997
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of July 7, 1997
- Sudan to sell main prison
Sudan has put its main prison up for sale because of overcrowding, a newspaper said on July 8. Sudan, Politics, 7/11/1997 - Summit on Sudan, Somalia opens in Kenya
Leaders of five African States opened a summit in Nairobi on civil war in Sudan and Somalia yesterday, but Ugandan President Yoweri Moseveni's absence put real progress in doubt. Sudan, Politics, 7/10/1997 - Sudan rebels disagree on peace
Sudan's president and its main rebel group disagreed on July 9 on whether Khartoum's acceptance of a framework for negotiations cleared the way for resumed talks to end 14 years of civil war. Sudan, Politics, 7/10/1997 - Rebels kill army chief
A rebel unit killed a top commander of the Sudan People's Liberation Army before defecting to join government-allied forces, a government daily reported. Sudan, Politics, 7/10/1997 - Sudan Rebel Leader Eyes Juba, Rejects Talks
Sudanese rebel Jahn Garang said yesterday that his forces had escalated a military effort to topple the government in Khartoum and were now circling Juba, the capital of the war-torn South. Sudan, Politics, 7/9/1997 - Sudanese rebel leader rules out meeting with President Bashir
The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army ruled out a face-to-face meeting between its leader, John Garang, and Sudanese president Omar Bashir during a regional summit underway in the Kenyan capital. Sudan, Politics, 7/9/1997 - Opposition to step up pressure on Sudan's Bashir
Sudanese opposition groups have agreed to escalate monetary and political pressures to topple the government in Khartoum, Sudan’s former prime minister said yesterday. Sudan, Politics, 7/8/1997 - Iraq, Sudan reach oil agreement
Iraq and Sudan have signed minutes to follow up the implementation of a joint oil agreement, an Iraqi newspaper said on July 7. Iraq-Sudan, Business, 7/8/1997 - Sudan seeks to improve ties with neighbors
Sudan’s President Omar Hassan Bashir said yesterday that his country and Egypt would resume normal ties "in the near future." Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/7/1997