Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 8/24/1998
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of August 24, 1998
- Britain withdraws its ambassador from Sudan, warns Brits to leave
Britain on Thursday decided to withdraw its ambassador from Sudan and recommended British residents in Sudan to leave. Sudan-UK, Politics, 8/28/1998 - Sudanese army denies flight of US airplanes from Haliyub
Abdul Rahman Ser El-Khatm, the official spokesman of the Sudanese armed forces, said in press statements yesterday that reports that US airplanes were launched from a military base in Haliyub to strike El-Shefaa factory outside Khartoum are untrue. Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/28/1998 - Sudan to try Clinton in absentia Sudan-USA, Judicial, 8/27/1998
- Bashir convenes with Sudanese ambassador in Cairo Sudan, Politics, 8/27/1998
- 60 tons Egyptian medicine and aid staffs to Sudan Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 8/27/1998
- Sudanese opposition assert production of chemical weapons in El-Shefaa factory
Sources in the Sudanese opposition confirmed yesterday that the El-Shefaa factory, destroyed last week by US attacks, was producing chemical weapons. Sudan, Politics, 8/26/1998 - Sudan wants Carter to chair American team to inspect medicine factory
Sudan announced that it intends to present its dispute with the U.S. to the International Court of Justice in the Hague and proposed that former US President Jimmy Carter assume the chairmanship of a US inspection team investigating the ruins of El-Shefaa medicine factory. Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/26/1998 - Khartoum resumes air flights to the south
Sudanese dailies on Tuesday said that planes from the Sudanese airlines company carrying passengers had landed on Monday for the first time in the city of Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, which is witnessing a civil war. Sudan, Economics, 8/26/1998 - El-Tourabi expects improving relations with America Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/26/1998
- Sudan asks Egypt to send scientific delegation to bombed medicine factory
Sudan asked Cairo to send a specialized Egyptian scientific delegation to visit the location of the medicine factory hit by a US military strike to investigate US claims that "precursor chemicals" used in the making of chemical weapons were produced there. Sudan-Egypt-USA, Politics, 8/25/1998 - Ten opposition members jailed in Sudan
A court in Khartoum sentenced ten Sudanese to prison terms ranging to 10 years under charges of attempting to topple the government. Sudan, Judicial, 8/25/1998 - Egypt FM confers with al-Mahdi
Egypt's Foreign Minister Amr Moussa discussed developments in Sudan as a result of the US recent strikes against Khartoum with former Sudanese prime minister and Nation's Party leader al-Sadeq al-Mahdi. Egypt-Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/25/1998 - Sudan withdraws its ambassador from Britain Sudan-UK, Politics, 8/25/1998
- Bashir: We did not accuse Egypt of supporting America in shelling us Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 8/25/1998
- Arab League condemns Washington's attack against Sudan
The Arab League condemned Monday in Cairo at an emergency meeting the US missile strikes against a pharmaceutical plant in northern Khartoum. Regional-Sudan, Politics, 8/24/1998 - Sudan expects more attacks, Bombed factory asks US to admit error
The legal advisor for the Sudanese factory Dar el-Shefa asked the US administration to admit its error in shelling the factory in Khartoum, emphasizing the readiness of the factory to receive an international committee to investigate the credibility of the US claim that the factory produces "precursor chemicals" for the production of chemical weapons. Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/24/1998 - Egyptian Labor Party delegation in Sudan for moral support
A delegation from the Egyptian opposition Labor Party headed to Khartoum under the chairmanship of Ibrahim Shokri to express public solidarity with Sudan against last week's US attacks. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 8/24/1998 - Sudanese south council threatens resignation
Members of the South Sudan Coordination Council threatened to present their resignations over the marginalization of the council by officials in the government. Sudan, Politics, 8/24/1998 - OIC opposes any unilateral anti-terrorist action
The Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Conference called for refraining from any unilateral action outside international legality and stressed the need to step up efforts to fight terrorism through legal means. Sudan-OIC, Politics, 8/24/1998