Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 10/27/1997
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of October 27, 1997
- Sudanese official visits Cairo
Sudan's leader Omar Bashir said in a parliamentary speech earlier this month that his country was looking for improve battered relations with neighboring states "and especially Egypt." Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 10/31/1997 - Sudan peace talks Sudan, Politics, 10/31/1997
- Sudan peace talks Sudan, Politics, 10/29/1997
- Two conscripted students killed, 70 injured in Sudan
Some of wounded students are permanently handicapped as a result of participating in the ongoing war between the National Islamic Front government forces and the troops of the Sudan People's Liberation Army. Sudan, Military, 10/28/1997 - Demonstration in Khartoum
Eye-witnesses said that a woman was killed during the demonstration. This demonstration is a one of a series of demonstrations that started in Khartoum during last week as a protest against the conscription of students. Sudan, Politics, 10/28/1997 - SPLA aborts a goverment attempt to move in Touriet
The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) said that it defeated National Islamic Front (NIF) troops in the vicinity of Touriet, to the east of Equatoria, and captured many of weapons and ammunition. Sudan, Politics, 10/27/1997 - Mahdi commends relation with Egypt
El Mahdi said that the Sudanese regime has no right to argue about foreign intervention in the Sudan because it opened the door for foreign intervention to forward its interests and relied on subsidies from Iran, Iraq and Afghan Arabs. Sudan, Politics, 10/27/1997 - Purchasing votes in Sudan
Delegations from the National, Islamic Front set out for El Gaziera, Kassala, Port Sudan, Darfur and new Halfa to persuade the lawyers to vote for the NIF list in the second round of voting for the bar union. Sudan, Politics, 10/27/1997