Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 9/21/1998
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of September 21, 1998
- Sudan: Relations with Egypt a strategic choice, unity a goal Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/26/1998
- Sudanese opposition leadership to begin Asmara meetings tomorrow
The opening session for the meeting of the Democratic National Alliance, leadership of the Sudanese opposition, will begin tomorrow evening in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, in the presence of all the DNA's leaders. Sudan, Politics, 9/26/1998 - Sudan hails Moussa - Othman Ismael meeting
The ruling party in Sudan praised today Egyptian mediation efforts to achieve a Sudanese reconciliation, where prominent Sudanese oppositon members are holding meetings with Egyptian officials concerning the Egyptian role. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/25/1998 - Sudan says it kills 70 and destroys 75 tanks, Ugandans deny intervention
The Ugandan army has denied that some 70 of its soldiers to have been killed recently in Southern Sudan. It once again stressed that its troops did not get into the Sudanese territories. Sudan-Uganda, Politics, 9/24/1998 - Egyptian - Sudanese setting for resuming work on Gongly Canal
Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Mohmoud Abu Zied confirmed today that Egypt and Sudan are currently working on joint projects to make use of the lost water from the Nile in southern Sudan, especially in Gongly Canal where the losses reach 70%. Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 9/24/1998 - El-Bashir calls on Carter to visit Sudan
Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir headed an invitation to former US President Jimmy Carter to visit Khartoum to learn about the developments of the events after the US bombed a pharmeceutical factory outside the Sudanese capital. Sudan, Politics, 9/24/1998 - Urgent Arab aids to Sudan Sudan, Local, 9/23/1998
- OAU calls for investigating US military strikes on Sudanese medicinal factory
The Organization of African Unity has called upon the United Nations to dispatch a fact-finding commission to investigate the US military strikes against al-Shifaa medicinal factory in Sudan. Sudan-OAU, Politics, 9/23/1998 - Egypt starts reconciliation of Sudanese government and opposition
Egyptian political sources said today that the head of the Sudanese opposition National Democratic Alliance, Mohammed Othman El-Merghani, arrived in Cairo yesterday to meet with Egyptian officials to discuss the details of formal meetings held by Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael in Cairo. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 9/22/1998 - Sudan accuse Uganda of attacking its territories
The Sudanese National Defense and Security Council, the high body for establishing defense policies in the country, convened an urgent meeting to discuss an alleged Ugandan attack. Sudan, Politics, 9/22/1998 - Sudanese FM to meet with British counterpart tomorrow
Ismael told ArabicNews.com today that this is the first meeting to take place between the foreign ministers of the two countries in more than 10 years, and he thinks that it is a step in the right direction. Sudan-UK, Politics, 9/22/1998 - Sudan threatens to strike American targets
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir threatened yesterday to strike US targets if the US missile strikes are repeated. Sudan, Politics, 9/21/1998