Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 10/6/1997
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of October 6, 1997
- Arakis's oil company to be target for his military operation Sudan, Business, 10/11/1997
- The Sudanese Army tries to muster its forces
Diplomatic sources mentioned that the forces of the public defense diminished its activities of enlisting new conscripts Sudan, Military, 10/11/1997 - People's Liberation of Sudan has no hope that meeting will succeed
The movement's foreign relations official stated that the Sudanese government wants just to meet with John Garang out of its belief that it will reach an agreement with him similar to the agreements it reached with the other factions. Sudan, Politics, 10/9/1997 - Sudanese opposition leader Garang in Cairo soon
An External Relations official in the People's Front for Liberating Sudan confirmed that the Sudanese opposition leader John Garang will visit Cairo during the last days of October. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 10/7/1997 - A Sudanese physician tried soon in U.K.
Dr. Mahgoub, a Sudanese physician will be tried soon in Scotland on the charge of torturing opposition figures in Sudan as a favor to the Sudanese government. Sudan, Politics, 10/7/1997 - Sudan tries to fix its currency exchange rates
A Sudanese economic source mentioned that new monetary policies are expected to be ratified in the coming weeks by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. Sudan, Economics, 10/6/1997 - Imamship in Al Ansar sect to freeze
A source in Sudan confirmed that Ahmed El Mahdi has abandoned the post of Imam in the Al Ansar sect for the time being. Sudan, Politics, 10/6/1997 - Over 60,000 soldiers to Juba in south Sudan
SPLA chief, John Garang said that he found 250 gas masks in Rumbeik after its fall last May, which confirms the existence of chemical weapons. Sudan, Military, 10/6/1997